The Best Line of Code Is the One You Never Write
The best line of code is the one you never write. The second best is the one you delete. In an era where code is cheap, clarity is expensive. That is where real engineering lives.
Architecture
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The best line of code is the one you never write. The second best is the one you delete. In an era where code is cheap, clarity is expensive. That is where real engineering lives.
Like physical systems, software naturally moves toward disorder unless energy is applied to keep it organized. In codebases, this disorder appears gradually and often quietly.
Architecture is also temporal. Decisions that were correct at one stage become liabilities later.
The backend is fundamentally about trust.
Ultimately, the database is not just part of the system. it is the system’s memory.
An API is a promise to unknown consumers about how your system behaves. Once published, that promise is difficult to change without breaking trust.