Little software can be built today without abstractions. Yet there are times when building them are premature.

There is a lot of fear about AI replacing humans. However, the human mind is widely underestimated and its advantages taken for granted.

Automated testing saves a lot of time and is way more convenient than manually running through test cases. However, there is still a role to play for manual testing.

When building software, we often focus too much on the technical details and not enough on the real world factors that software deals with. Cryptocurrencies are a great example of this. We talk a lot about their technical challenges, but not enough about what they are meant to replace: money.

There’s something deeply ingrained in many developers, including myself, that creates a tendency to over-engineer. Even when aware of this fallacy, I still fall victim to it.