Technical debt disguised as features. Complexity that serves no one.
Quorr (kwor) is complexity masquerading as capability. It's when technical debt, process bloat, and feature creep get rebranded as "robust solutions." Every quorr makes your system harder to use while pretending to make it better.
Features nobody asked for solving problems nobody has. Edge cases become core features. Options multiply until choosing becomes impossible.
Example: 47 export formats when everyone uses CSV
Cost: 10x maintenance, 0.1x usage
Over-engineered solutions for simple problems. Microservices for a todo app. Enterprise patterns for startup scale. Resume-driven development.
Example: Kubernetes cluster for 100 daily users
Cost: 50x complexity, -5x velocity
Workflows that create more work than they prevent. Approval chains that take longer than the task. Documentation nobody reads for code nobody runs.
Example: 5-step deployment process for static site
Cost: Death by thousand procedures
Tools integrated with tools integrated with tools. Data flowing through seven systems to move from A to B. Rube Goldberg machines everywhere.
Example: Slack → Zapier → Airtable → API → Database → Email
Cost: Fragility multiplied by complexity
The Request: "We need user authentication"
The Quorr: Custom OAuth provider, SAML integration, biometric support, blockchain identity verification, AI-powered fraud detection, decentralized user storage, quantum-resistant encryption.
The Result: 18 months later, users still can't log in reliably. Original developer quit. Nobody understands the system.
The Truth: They needed email + password. That's it.
"Who asked for this?" If the answer is "nobody," stop.
If less than 20% use it, it's quorr. Delete it.
Make it work for 10 before architecting for 10,000.
Every feature is guilty until proven innocent.
Can you explain it to a new user in one sentence? If not, it's quorr.
Would you build it again knowing what you know now? If not, it's quorr.
Does it make the happy path harder? If yes, it's quorr.
Stop building complexity. Start delivering value.