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by meesterdude 3070 days ago
> I think over-engineering is just plain old incompetency in a different costume. Good guys successfully manage complexity, bad ones don't. The bad ones have just more options now.

I've felt alienated in some ways because of this, so i'm glad you put some light on it. I don't understand devs that so casually over-engineer or choose what's flashy for what works. I guess it's a matter of the tech mattering more than the product, and i've often held an inverse opinion.