Skilled engineers pride themselves on being problem solvers—give them any tool or methodology, and they’ll find a way to make it work. Skilled engineers dive deep into patterns, constantly learn, and tirelessly improve until they deliver something useful. Their drive to find solutions may overshadow the need to step back and critically evaluate the technologies they’re embracing. We need to pause our problem-solving instincts and ask ourselves: why do we do things the way we do?