https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Scalability News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/best-simple-system-design/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Scalability-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/best-simple-system-design/en/headerimage/best-simple-system-design-header-1776687343321.jpg"/><p>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.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Code Quality Scalability Architecture Technical Debt Design GOTO Conference Culture & Methods news Thu, 07 May 2026 11:43:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/best-simple-system-design/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Scalability-news Ben Linders 2026-05-07T11:43:00Z /news/2026/05/best-simple-system-design/en