THE SHORT ANSWER
Shifting focus from optimizing code logic to optimizing organizational communication paths and systemic incentives.
Flashcards
Q1
How do team boundaries dictate system boundaries?
Teams naturally design systems that match their communication structures, requiring APIs where teams need to collaborate.
Q2
What is the danger of hero-engineering?
It masks systemic dysfunctions and creates single points of failure bound to an individual's burnout limit.
Q3
Why must tech leads protect the 'boring technology' stack?
Because reliable, well-understood tools free up the innovation budget for solving actual business problems instead of infrastructure bugs.
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