https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Onboarding New People feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/holistic-engineering-organic-problem-solving-complex-systems/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Onboarding+New+People <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/holistic-engineering-organic-problem-solving-complex-systems/en/headerimage/holistic-engineering-organic-problem-solving-complex-systems-header-1762857128649.jpg"/><p>Late projects. Architectures that drift from their original design. Code that mysteriously evolves into something nobody planned. These persistent problems in software development often stem not from technical failures, but from forces we pretend don't exist—reward systems that incentivize the wrong behaviors, organizational structures that ignore domain boundaries, and human dynamics.</p> <i>By Vanessa Formicola</i> QCon Software Development Conference QCon London 2025 Onboarding New People Software Engineering Architecture Platform Engineering Architecture & Design Development article Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/holistic-engineering-organic-problem-solving-complex-systems/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Onboarding+New+People Vanessa Formicola 2025-11-17T11:00:00Z /articles/holistic-engineering-organic-problem-solving-complex-systems/en