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Programming · by Diego García · 2026-09-26

The thing nobody told me about architecture after a tiny failure

I tried this in Seoul with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

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Liam Eriksson · 29 likes

My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. The social part surprised me too.

Oussama Alaoui · 3 likes

Anecdote beats theory here.

Lucía García · 1 likes

This. Exactly this.

Sara Hosseini · 0 likes

@liam-94 You just saved me a bad purchase.

Diego García · 0 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy.

Lucas Dubois · 6 likes

I am skeptical. The idea sounds good, but the maintenance cost is real. For me it came down to the tiny repair.

Jiho Lee · 3 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating.

Bilal Raza · 1 likes

Appreciate the nuance.

Liam Eriksson · 4 likes

Excellent timing; I was just thinking about thing. The late summer version is even more interesting.

Hugo Sánchez · 3 likes

There is probably a middle ground here. A little friction removed goes a long way.

Diego García · 0 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. For me it came down to the prototype. This is exactly the kind of tradeoff teams argue about for weeks.