[outworlder]

The only thing I'll add is: do the simplest thing that can possibly work, but no simpler.

Don't back yourself into a corner. If a solution will block you from doing the right thing later, maybe some additional engineering may be needed after all to ensure you can continue to iterate. In large companies, inertia is enormous. Once a solution is in place and gets replicated, backtracking may become a herculean task.