
Systems •
Stop Making it Easy: The Case for Engineering Friction
We've turned "frictionless" into a religion. But a system with zero resistance is just a system waiting to slide off a cliff. Maybe we've accidentally engineered our own stupidity.

We've turned "frictionless" into a religion. But a system with zero resistance is just a system waiting to slide off a cliff. Maybe we've accidentally engineered our own stupidity.

Adding servers to compensate for inefficiency is like buying a bigger fridge because it’s full of spoiled food. Why horizontal scaling creates the exact same problems as 26-lane highways.

If an explanation feels 'too simple' but works, it isn't stupid. How I taught K8s using Tom Clancy novels instead of documentation.