Why I Stopped Designing Websites and Started Designing Flows
The author discusses a shift in focus from designing web pages to designing system flows in software development. This change emphasizes the importance of understanding data and operational flows rather than just the visual components of applications. By prioritizing explicit pipelines, developers can improve maintainability, observability, and overall system architecture.
- ▪The complexity in modern applications often arises from flow rather than screens.
- ▪The author advocates for explicit pipelines to enhance debugging and maintainability.
- ▪Viewing applications as operational flows leads to better design and understanding of systems.
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