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Clean Architecture, Dirty World

7/13/2025
5 min
Architecture
Code Quality
Pragmatism
Tio Satria

Tio Satria

If you ever built something from scratch, you know this: pure Clean Architecture sounds great... until deadlines slap you like a debt collector.

I’m all for separation of concerns, DI, abstraction — I love that shit. But I’ve learned to compromise without corrupting.

Real-world Clean-ish:

  • 80/20 Rule on architecture
  • Ship first, refactor later — with a plan
  • Document the debt you consciously take

I'd rather ship a 70% clean system that prints money than a 100% clean system that's still in staging.

Purists can stay broke. I’m in it for the empire.