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Monorepo earlier would’ve saved us months once projects started sharing components

Custom auth was almost never worth it using managed auth made life easier

Docker even for “simple” apps avoided so many deployment headaches

Error monitoring before launch should be standard, not an afterthought

Defining technical deliverables in contracts prevented endless revisions

Looking back, some of these feel obvious now, but they cost us a lot to learn the hard way.

What’s one technical decision you made early in a project that paid off later or one you wish you’d made sooner?

I'm not talking about coding, but rather the things that become really frustrating after years in the field team issues, changing technology, burnout, poor architecture decisions, management pressure, etc. I'm curious what gets harder rather than easier with experience.

I'm not talking about coding, but rather the things that become really frustrating after years in the field team issues, changing technology, burnout, poor architecture decisions, management pressure, etc. I'm curious what gets harder rather than easier with experience.

I’m not talking about coding itself, but the stuff that actually gets frustrating after years in the field team issues, changing tech, burnout, bad architecture decisions, management pressure, etc. curious what gets harder with experience rather than easier.