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How Software Engineers Make Productive Decisions (without slowing the team down)

Engineers stall by overthinking reversible choices. Learn a simple 3-question filter to move faster, avoid bottlenecks, and grow your career

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Fran Soto
Sep 14, 2025
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Most teams don’t get stuck because problems are impossible. They get stuck because every choice is treated like it’s irreversible. In reality, lots of calls are two-way doors: you can walk through, check the room, and walk back out. Save the caution for the true one-way doors: data migrations, security posture, customer-visible changes with real blast radius.

When I’m unsure, I run a fast, risk-aware filter. If the downside is small, the change is reversible, or I can mitigate quickly, I ship with guardrails. That’s how you move fast without being sloppy.

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