Got it! You want this in the same human, conversational, reflective style, but in English, keeping the humor, life lessons, and “lessons learned” feel. Here’s the full translation and adaptation:
For a while, I was obsessed with Clean Architecture and Design Patterns… maybe a little too much.
Every time I worked on a feature, I felt like I had to make it fancy, “perfectly designed,” and visually elegant in the code. I’d spend way too much time thinking about it, and honestly, sometimes it took longer than actually delivering the feature.
And yeah… sometimes the code became hard to understand, my team would get confused, and I even needed documentation just to remember what I wrote 😂.
But over time, with experience and some production problems when the codebase grows, I learned a few key lessons:
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You don’t need to know or use every design pattern. Just know when it makes sense to use one, and when simplicity is better.
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Readable code beats clever code 100 times out of 100. Code should be simple and easy to understand, not a puzzle no one can solve.
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“Beautiful code” isn’t the one that impresses you. Beautiful code is the one anyone can understand after you.
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The most important thing is that the code serves the business. Don’t make the code unnecessarily complicated just to “look smart,” making it harder for others to understand the business logic behind it.
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Every company has legacy and spaghetti code. It’s normal. As long as it works, don’t press unnecessary buttons.
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If statements are fine. You don’t have to wrap every
ifin a fancy pattern or abstraction just because you don’t like how it looks. Draw lines under it 🖍️ if you want. -
No engineering decision is 100% right or 100% wrong. Every choice has trade-offs. What matters is knowing the impact of your decisions, not just trying something because it looks cool.
Sometimes the right solution is writing the least amount of code that solves the problem, clearly and simply.
Other times, you really do need a strong architecture because you’ll build on it later.
The key difference is: knowing when to use what, and how to balance clean, well-architected code with real-world business needs.
At the end of the day, code isn’t a painting.
Code is a tool to solve a problem. And if you solve it simply, you’ve already won. ✅