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nopurposeyesterday at 4:45 PM1 replyview on HN

Adjacent to it are PR reviews. Suggesting simpler approach in PR almost always causes friction: work is done and tested, why redo? It also doesn't make a good promotion material: keeping landscape clear of overengineered solutions is not something management recognises as a positive contribution.


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Cthulhu_yesterday at 4:47 PM

Depends on the management and whether they're involved in coding. Any engineering manager, architect, senior / lead developer etc should appreciate lower complexity.

Of course, if it's the person in charge introducing said overengineering there is a problem.

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