https://var0.xyz/ Var Zero's blog: a philosophical approach to tech. en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:56:55 +0200 https://var0.xyz/assets/android-chrome-512x512.png https://var0.xyz/ https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:56:55 +0200 The industry conflates perfection with over-engineering. They're not the same. Over-engineering is solving the wrong problem; a perfect solution exists once the requirements are clear. https://var0.xyz/posts/graphql-leakiest-abstraction.html https://var0.xyz/posts/graphql-leakiest-abstraction.html Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:25:01 +0200 Every abstraction leaks. GraphQL is the only one I know that leaks in both directions: out to the frontend and back into the backend.