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Operating Small Systems Well
Why small, understandable systems often outperform elaborate ones over time.
Small systems have an advantage: the team can still hold the whole picture in mind.
Favor readable defaults
Defaults teach future operators how the system is supposed to behave.
Make overrides rare
Every manual exception should feel like an intentional break from the usual path.
Optimize for recovery
A system that recovers cleanly is often more valuable than one that merely looks advanced.