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Feature Red Flags Lurking Beneath The Surface

Just when you thought it was safe to ship.

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Alex Ponomarev
Sep 29, 2025
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A shark swimming in water with red flags.

Every engineering team has shipped features that caused more problems than they solved.

Less-than-perfect features are part of the job. But if they become the norm, they’ll drain your team’s:

  • Time

  • Budget

  • And patience

Over the years, I’ve wrestled with features that kept growing without end or tried to be smarter than they needed to be. Each one looked promis…

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