The author critiques the tech industry's tendency to rebuild solved problems from scratch, citing Kubernetes replacing Heroku-style deploys, custom auth systems instead of providers, and reinvented background job queues. The piece argues these re-inventions cost more in hidden maintenance than the original solutions ever did.
Background
This is an opinion piece by Blain Smith reflecting on common patterns of over-engineering and unnecessary complexity in modern software development.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Aug 1, 2026 at 01:48 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10