--- title: "Don’t be scared! 7 irrational fears that lead to bad software and architecture" url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-scared-7-irrational-fears-that-lead-to-bad-software-and-architecture-0xnt9ski source_url: https://levelup.gitconnected.com/dont-be-scared-7-irrational-fears-that-lead-to-bad-software-with-wrong-architectures-14a9341f160e?source=rss----5517fd7b58a6---4 type: article source: "gitconnected" published: 2022-07-12T22:15:52.251Z updated: 2022-07-12T22:15:52.250Z tags: ["architecture", "agile"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 21 comments: 0 language: 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. # Don’t be scared! 7 irrational fears that lead to bad software and architecture **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 5 min read · 21 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Fear of imperfection often leads to gold plating of the architecture and over-engineering of the solution. In Agile product development, the fear of not knowing requirements enough is most harmful. A truly Agile team consciously chooses not to define everything upfront about what their product will or will not do. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#agile](https://daily.dev/tags/agile) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-be-scared-7-irrational-fears-that-lead-to-bad-software-and-architecture-0xnt9ski)