Software Engineering Pitfalls

Patterns that quietly wreck velocity — estimates, meetings, tech debt, and the shortcuts that felt fine at the time.

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Pitfall deep-dive #1: estimates that ignored unknown-unknowns by Skyler Bennett · Feb 4, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #4: microservices before team boundaries existed by Jamie Miller · Feb 3, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #3: skipping load tests until the traffic arrived by Casey Tan · Feb 3, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #2: clever abstractions nobody could onboard to by Skyler Nguyen · Feb 3, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #7: optimising hot paths nobody hit by Reese Bennett · Feb 2, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #6: secrets in env files shared in Slack by Parker Wilson · Feb 2, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #5: ignoring flaky tests until culture normalized red by Quinn Bennett · Feb 1, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #10: metrics that gamified the wrong behaviour by Morgan Khan · Feb 1, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #9: documentation that described intent, not behaviour by Hayden Nguyen · Feb 1, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #8: big-bang rewrites without strangler patterns by Emerson Miller · Feb 1, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #13: treating on-call as punishment by Quinn Lopez · Jan 31, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #12: hiring seniors without junior support paths by Finley Le · Jan 31, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #11: premature multi-region before single-region worked by Riley Scott · Jan 31, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #16: copy-paste code across services by Drew Nguyen · Jan 30, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #15: feature flags without owners or expiry by Hayden Wilson · Jan 30, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #14: CI green while production smouldered by Parker Bennett · Jan 30, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #19: silent failures in background jobs by Quinn Tan · Jan 29, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #18: debating tools instead of outcomes by Jordan Hoang · Jan 29, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #17: ignoring accessibility until launch week by Drew Scott · Jan 29, 2026
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Pitfall deep-dive #20: retros without tracked follow-ups by Hayden Miller · Jan 28, 2026
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