This comment speaks to me. I'm in a weird point at my job where I'm right at the tail end of supporting this legacy app I've worked on for years, and a brand new app my team will be building from scratch.

It's pretty surreal, because I've been dealing with many of the negative long term effects of decisions that were made for this app years ago, meanwhile I'm about to have to make a whole host of similar new decisions for the next app. I know there are going to be compromises, I know I won't be able to make it perfect, so finding that balance is going to be critical.

I'd love to hear from someone who's had to find that balance and what they've learned.