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In this example, it's black and white obviously over engineered. The reality is, in an application of moderate complexity, whether or not it is indeed over-engineered is a far more subjective calculation.

E.g., >90% of engineers would agree enterprise-fizz-buzz is over-engineered.

But perhaps ~50% of engineers agree my SaaS app is over-engineered.