The easiest solution isn’t always the best one. Systems get stuck on comfortable plateaus—and so do engineers.
Definition of a local maxima
- choice that blocks better options
How codebases get trapped
- incremental fixes, conservative patterns
The cost of staying comfortable
- stagnation, compounding debt
Recognizing when you’ve plateaued
- signals and symptoms
Escaping the local maxima
- stepping back, taking risk, redesigning boundaries
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