# How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale

DevFeed: [How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-engineering-principles-can-help-you-scale-27372.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/eng-principles-help-scale.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2019-08-21T22:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [decision-making](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decision-making.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [professional-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/professional-development.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [velocity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velocity.md>)

## AI overview

Marta Kosarchyn describes how Khan Academy's growing engineering team outgrew its initial principles. The article argues that evolving engineering principles can support scaling while preserving culture and engagement, and explains how the original approach eventually contributed to slower delivery, code clutter, and implicit architectural decisions.

## Source excerpt

By Marta Kosarchyn Our engineering team has grown a lot over the past couple of years, and we're ... Read more