# The 'Oh' Moment

DevFeed: [The 'Oh' Moment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-oh-moment-40753.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/the-oh-moment/>)

Published: 2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes an "Oh moment" in software development: discovering a flaw in an apparently elegant design while implementing it. It recommends waiting before coding, explaining designs to others, and designing iteratively to reduce the impact of such discoveries.

## Source excerpt

I build software products and write on the Internet.