Over-engineering is worse than shipping hacks; prioritize gluing things together
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-08-26
Responding to a debate on over-engineering vs. shipping hacks, the author argues that over-engineering is worse. Since most products end up abandoned or underused, it is more pragmatic to glue things together and test on real people rather than perfecting a product nobody uses.
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