The No-Arch Manifesto

by Yegor Nemov

  1. Architecture and business jargon are fluff. They sound smart but rarely ship anything.
  2. Delivery beats perfection. Shipping secure, working code today is more valuable than crafting a “textbook-perfect” product tomorrow.
  3. Tech debt is currency. It’s fine to borrow — as long as the business agrees to pay the bill later.
  4. Premature optimization is vanity. Building abstractions for imagined futures is how progress dies young.
  5. Effective communication > polite neutrality. Clarity and speed of understanding matter more than being inoffensive.
  6. UI is nothing; UX is everything. Strive for flow, not decoration.
  7. Adopt the Product-REPL mindset. Build → Ship → Update — smaller loops, faster feedback, tighter learning.
  8. Cross-platform is pragmatism. It keeps the business happy with predictable expenses and faster scaling.
  9. Use copilots wisely. Let AI save you from boilerplate so you can focus on user pain, not syntax.
  10. Don’t worship tech, process, or people. Make consumers happy. Fix their pain points. That’s the real innovation.
  11. If you think you’re a prophet, stop. Iterative shipping isn’t for those who believe they already know the future.
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