Bruno Rocha • 11/18/2024

Focus not on the task, but on the problem behind the task

The article argues that engineering teams often fail by focusing narrowly on assigned tasks instead of the underlying problems. This leads to features that are fragile, poorly designed, or unused. It advises engineers to ask contextual questions about the user's needs and the bigger picture before implementing solutions, referencing concepts like the Local vs Global Maxima problem from software engineering literature.

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#software development #technical debt #problem solving