**Summary**
This week on Overcommitted, Brittany, Bethany, and Erika try out a new format: instead of interviewing a guest, the three of them rate a running list of software engineering topics as overrated or underrated. They start with the fun stuff — dark mode, mechanical keyboards, standing desks, Vim, dotfiles — before moving into practices and process, where the real disagreements show up. Pair programming and code review as a quality gate both get contested, with opinions that have shifted noticeably since AI tools entered the picture.
From there the conversation covers stand-ups, sprint retros, story point estimation, 1:1s with managers, microservices, serverless, feature flags, software rewrites, vibe coding, and the myth of the 10x engineer, with each host landing in a different place on more than a few of them. It's a faster-paced, more opinionated episode than usual, and a good one for anyone who wants to hear three engineers who've worked together for years actually disagree on record.
**Links**
- **Loop Engineering Blog Post:** https://brittany-ellich.offprint.app/a/3mrjj34puva23-108-prs-in-eight-days-accidentally-discovering-loop-engineering
- **Steve Yegge Blog Post:** https://yegge.ai/essays/the-shape-of-things-to-come/
- **Rewrites Talk:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhlnan0dSUE&t=5s
- **Sean Goedecke Article:** https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-dont-have-to-be-smart-if-you-think-clearly/
**Hosts**
- **Overcommitted:** https://overcommitted.dev
- **Bethany Janos:** https://www.trustyduck.dev/
- **Brittany Ellich:** https://brittanyellich.com
- **Erika Eggemeyer:** https://github.com/eggyhead
