𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆

Building software is hard.

The hardest part is not writing code.

The hardest part is understanding the problem.

Most projects fail before developers write one line of code.

Teams fail because they pick tools before they pick goals.

They ask wrong questions too early:

• Should we use .NET or Node.js?
• Should we use Azure or AWS?
• Should we use SQL or NoSQL?

These questions do not matter yet.

Ask these questions first:

• What problem are we solving?
• How do we measure success?
• What business goal are we reaching?

Technology decisions become easy when you have these answers.

I apply this rule to software engineering, cloud architecture, and AI systems.

Focus on the problem first.

Design the solution second.

What technology debate wastes your team's time?

Source: https://dev.to/bhoyee/start-with-the-problem-not-the-technology-3k31