Applying Best Simple System for Now for Software Design

Ben Linders — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:43:00 GMT

Choosing between building up technical debt and missing delivery deadlines is a false dichotomy, Daniel Terhorst-North argued in his talk Best Simple System for Now. Programmers love to generalize rather than solve the immediate problem at hand, which can make future changes difficult. Instead, we need to build the skills and instincts for keeping things simple.

By Ben Linders

Presentation: The Human Scalability Problem: Why Your Teams Don’t Scale Like Your Code

Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:40:00 GMT

Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg discusses the "human bottlenecks" of hyper-growth. While systems scale, human cooperation often breaks down due to communication overload and lost context. She shares proven tools for behavioral scalability - including communication architecture and "engineering trust" - to help leaders maintain high-performing, autonomous teams without sacrificing speed or culture.

By Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg

InfoQ - Scalability

Applying Best Simple System for Now for Software Design

Presentation: The Human Scalability Problem: Why Your Teams Don’t Scale Like Your Code