Take it from a developer with 13+ years of experience.
One of the most common issues I keep seeing, especially when it comes to building more complex systems, is a tendency to delay the integration and focus on work in isolation.
Be it a frontend and backend integration, a microservice integration, or module-to-module communication, we always tend to avoid the pain of integrating by postponing it for our future selfes.
Let me tell you - THIS. IS. WRONG.
Not only is it wrong, but I've seen so many projects struggle (and occasionally) fail due to this. It's like everything goes perfect, sprint after sprint, but once we come to the "we have to integrate now", everything goes to hell.
It's literally the same as eating a cake now and hoping to go for a run later on! It's stupid!
So, take it from an ol' fella - always, and I mean ALWAYS focus on "integrate-first". Always focus on integration immediately, no matter how painful it is.
Chances are, 9 out of 10 times, you'll discover issues early on and minimize the pain to your future self!
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