Scalability is overrated(https://waseem.substack.com/p/scalability-is-overrated)628 points|mooreds|2 years ago|232 comments
Software Architecture Is Overrated, Clear and Simple Design Is Underrated(https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-architecture-is-overrated/)608 points|signa11|6 years ago|211 comments
Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally(https://every.to/napkin-math/you-probably-shouldn-t-work-at-a-startup-9387b632-345c-4a22-bac0-3cb92f0eecf1##)601 points|dshipper|4 years ago|413 comments
DRY is an over-rated programming principle?(https://gordonc.bearblog.dev/dry-most-over-rated-programming-principle/)599 points|gcassie|3 years ago|486 comments
Landfill is underrated and recycling overrated(https://medium.com/@robertwiblin/what-you-think-about-landfill-and-recycling-is-probably-totally-wrong-3a6cf57049ce)561 points|robertwiblin|6 years ago|336 comments
Unit Testing Is Overrated(https://tyrrrz.me/blog/unit-testing-is-overrated)501 points|ingve|5 years ago|387 comments
The 7 Habits of Highly Overrated People(http://www.daedtech.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-overrated-people)466 points|edandersen|11 years ago|124 comments
Maintainers make the world go round: Innovation is an overrated ideology(https://projectm-online.com/investing/why-maintenance-means-more-to-peoples-lives-than-innovation/)378 points|ForHackernews|8 years ago|169 comments
Power Is Overrated(https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/opinion/power-is-overrated.html)321 points|tlb|6 years ago|219 comments
Unit Testing is Overrated (2020)(https://tyrrrz.me/blog/unit-testing-is-overrated/)236 points|ivanvas|3 years ago|228 comments
Generative AI is overrated, long live old-school AI(https://encord.com/blog/generative-ai-and-gpt4-is-overrated-long-live-old-school-ai/)227 points|Buhljingo|2 years ago|175 comments
Habits of Highly Overrated People (2013)(https://daedtech.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-overrated-people/)227 points|Tomte|2 years ago|145 comments
Domes are overrated(https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/domes-are-very-over-rated/)225 points|Amorymeltzer|5 years ago|169 comments
Ontology Is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags (2005)(http://www.shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html)217 points|zdw|6 years ago|89 comments
Why Standing Desks Are Overrated(https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/upshot/why-standing-desks-are-overrated.html)193 points|mistersquid|6 years ago|188 comments
Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated(http://www.geekwire.com/2011/gates-tells-uw-students-billionaire-overrated)183 points|aaronbrethorst|13 years ago|124 comments
Good News for Young Strivers: Networking Is Overrated(https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/sunday/networking-connections-business.html)176 points|wallflower|8 years ago|108 comments
Business networking is overrated (2017)(https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/sunday/networking-connections-business.html)175 points|ezhil|6 years ago|91 comments
Working hard is overrated(http://www.caterina.net/archive/001196.html)160 points|prakash|16 years ago|98 comments
Overrated: Bully's R Rating Should Mean the End of the MPAA(http://www.good.is/post/overrated-bully-s-r-rating-should-mean-the-end-of-the-mpaa2/)160 points|Bud|13 years ago|43 comments
Technical Co-founders Are Overrated(http://lederhosenlabs.com/2011/05/31/technical-co-founders-are-overrated/)137 points|mode80|14 years ago|74 comments
Software Architecture Is Overrated, Clear and Simple Design Is Underrated (2019)(https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-architecture-is-overrated/)136 points|lawgimenez|3 years ago|31 comments
Simplicity Is Highly Overrated(http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/simplicity_is_highly.html)120 points|grk|15 years ago|101 comments
Breakfast is Overrated(http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/breakfast_is_overrated/)117 points|jeff18|14 years ago|86 comments
DDD Is Overrated(https://tilkov.com/post/2021/03/01/ddd-is-overrated/)109 points|mcp_|4 years ago|88 comments
Entrepreneurism Is Overrated(http://greyenlightenment.com/entrepreneurism-is-overrated/)102 points|paulpauper|6 years ago|88 comments
Great People Are Overrated(http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2011/06/great_people_are_overrated.html)101 points|bchjam|14 years ago|95 comments
Emotional Intelligence is Overrated(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140930125543-69244073-emotional-intelligence-is-overrated)96 points|hownottowrite|11 years ago|65 comments
Competition is overrated(http://cdixon.org/2010/06/26/competition-is-overrated/)96 points|shedd|15 years ago|12 comments
Is abstraction overrated in programming? Chess, interviews and OOP(https://www.quora.com/Is-abstraction-overrated-in-programming/answer/Matthew-Drescher?&share=1)95 points|toAnswerIt|7 years ago|146 comments
