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Having built a few of these and inherited a few, please don't. They become brittle and future changes become increasingly difficult, until velocity grinds to a halt. Then you're just firefighting constantly.

My guess is there is a happy medium between never changing and staying on the cutting edge. A place where you can ride the current of tech, FOSS, dev communities and talent pools.

If course what this looks like day to day and in pointing poker will vary. Ideally there is a seasoned architect on every team who can steer the biggest decisions away from the hazards.




The goal is to leave the company before this becomes your problem. ;)

I say this as the person who gets hired to fix things after they left.




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