We inherit habits. From courses, from examples, from colleagues, from "best practices" no one remembers the origin of.

We build layer upon layer of abstractions because that's how it's always been done, not because the problem demands it. The same happens in the kitchen, at the gym, and many other places in our life: we do things because we've always done them that way. We forget to ask "why?"

We talk a lot about building software fast, but do we remember to ask why we're building this particular thing? In an age where AI can generate code faster than we can think, the ability to ask "but should this code exist?" becomes more important than ever.

In this talk, we'll explore how to stop, ask the right questions, and make intentional choices, with a simple framework you can use right away. In your code, your architecture, the way you work and in your life.