# Fitting parts

DevFeed: [Fitting parts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fitting-parts-29078.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/fitting-parts>)

Author: Alex Ewerlöf

Published: 2025-11-12T14:37:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Ewerlof Notes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-ewerlof-notes.md>)

Topics: [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [pitfalls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pitfalls.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that system performance depends on how parts fit and interact, rather than on optimizing each part separately. It applies this idea to hiring for culture add and to technology choices in complex distributed systems, cautioning against enforcing a single technology stack or relying on a golden-hammer solution. The supplied text ends mid-discussion, so the article's complete recommendations are not available.

## Source excerpt

What does it mean? How is it abused? And how to work around the pitfalls?