# Alex Kondov - Full-Stack Tao: Picking a Tech Stack (Highlights)  ## Highlights - Understanding our product’s domain is the first thing in our engineering checklist because it will help us identify the specific technical problems we have to solve. Scale, availability, features - they all stem from business problems. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hg4dmvmdc08qnk961c3ppzp4)) ^631761103 - I’ve seen more projects struggle because of over-engineering rather than the opposite. Our focus on the future, fighting potential problems that may never occur is incredibly successful at making codebases too complex to work on. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hg4dtemgrthq5mvcecg39vva)) ^631764247 - So when in doubt, always lean towards under-engineering rather than over-engineering. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hg4dtxte2x7ghncn9535880v)) ^631764712 - Keep in mind that your experience with a technology will beat the potential technical benefits of another. Knowing what pitfalls to avoid and what patterns to use will help you build a good structure and be productive at the same time. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hg4dyznpyp8c7nbwabvjpy91)) ^631765654