A code review comment that stuck with me for 3 years

Back in 2021 my senior dev wrote on my pull request, "you're solving the easy part, not the actual problem." I had spent 2 days building a slick dropdown filter when the real issue was the database query timing out on 10k rows. After that I started asking "what breaks first?" before writing any UI, and it completely shifted how I plan my beginner projects now. Has anyone else gotten feedback that made you rethink your whole approach to learning?

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wright.rowan1mo ago

And once you fix that first break, the next one usually shows up in the weirdest place you never expected.