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Meina
@meina
Just came out of a 2.5 hour engineering meeting and it hit me: - The hardest part wasn’t debating edge cases or picking the right architecture - It was making sure we were even talking about the same thing The most time-consuming part of engineering work - isn’t solving technical problems - It’s clearing up misunderstandings: ----> interpretation of feature scope ----> unspoken assumptions about timeline ----> vague terminology ----> unclear handoff expectations Even top-tier teammates get stuck when the feature goal isn’t crystal clear - Ambiguity kills momentum So how do we reduce this invisible cost? - It’s not in better code - It’s in clearer communication, tighter docs - and shared language around the product
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Apurv
@apurvkaushal
my co founder obsesses over taxonomy & defining terms clearly - i get it now
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Meina
@meina
yeah - I experienced the full cycle: rolled my eyes at rigid taxonomy (when I was working at a tech startup) -> did not understand the importance of it -> now working on my own startup and team not strict with defining terms -> feeling the pain and enforcing it like it’s law
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