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He emphasizes the importance of being willing to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/be-a-systems-programmer---q-a-with-ryan-fleury-sfl2qg2xk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SFL2QG2xK.png og:image:alt: Be a systems programmer - Q&A with Ryan Fleury og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Be a systems programmer - Q&A with Ryan Fleury **[Game Engineering Podcast](https://daily.dev/sources/game_eng_podcast)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ryan Fleury shares advice on avoiding attachment to early architectural decisions in software development. He emphasizes the importance of being willing to rewrite code, not fearing legacy code, and recognizing when an architecture is incorrect early. 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