On: In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022)

[phendrenad2]

It's the job of engineering management to stop this. We're supposed to say "why do you need this? Justify the need for this". I.E. "Why do you need kafka here? Will we have enough traffic volume to warrant it? Make a proposal." And they need to follow up and ask "Was that needed? Show how we're using it".

But engineering management is so busy filling out TPS reports they don't have time to actually do any oversight.

[free_bip → phendrenad2]

That would require that engineering management actually be competent technically. A shockingly large number aren't.

[rqtwteye → phendrenad2]

I have rarely seen engineering management that's of any help making these decisions. Either they resist any change or they jump on technology because they have read a LinkedIn article or Gartner report. I have never seen good, fact based technical decisions come from there.

[convolvatron → phendrenad2]

engineering management is equally likely to assert some kind of baseless 'best practices' position without really understanding whether or not its actually a good idea in this context