--- title: The Biggest Tech Trap: Building More Than Users Need description: A conversation transcript explores how engineers, having deep knowledge of a system's internals, often over-engineer products by exposing every possible... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-tech-trap-building-more-than-users-need-5udcfexuu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Biggest Tech Trap: Building More Than Users Need | daily.dev og:description: A conversation transcript explores how engineers, having deep knowledge of a system's internals, often over-engineer products by exposing every possible... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-tech-trap-building-more-than-users-need-5udcfexuu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5udcFeXUU.png og:image:alt: The Biggest Tech Trap: Building More Than Users Need 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. # The Biggest Tech Trap: Building More Than Users Need **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conversation transcript explores how engineers, having deep knowledge of a system's internals, often over-engineer products by exposing every possible configuration option in the UI rather than focusing on the narrower set of user pain points. The discussion contrasts the engineer's instinct to expose full flexibility with the product manager's pain-point-driven approach and the designer's role in translating needs into usable interfaces. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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