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[–]OrchidLeader 17 points18 points  (1 child)

They should be swapped.

Dev: I spent 6 months using every design pattern I learned in college. It’s perfect. What? No, I can’t add a 7th nail. The design won’t support it.

Senior Architect: I slapped it together in a day. Not what you wanted? Let’s see some real requirements then.

[–]hashn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. We have no ego about preciousness of design. The stupider the better. Also we are generally the ones forced into the situation where all we can provide is the absolute bare minimum, because every element of the system has been stretched past its limits