[vbezhenar]

I agree. I have some kind of design hierarchy. Database -> Architecture -> Services for outside consumers -> Backend -> Frontend. Things coming first must be designed more thoroughly as they're likely to live longer. Proper database design is paramount. Spend as much time as necessary. Iterate before going live as long as necessary to ensure that design is sound. Because it's so much harder to change database later. Trivial changes often require huge efforts.

[bitexploder]

Rob Pike’s 5 rules:

https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~adnan/pike.html

Rule 5. Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.