> When the cost of acquiring new information is high and the consequence of deviating from a default choice is low, sticking with the default will likely be the optimal choice. > Your default choice simply needs to be a reliable option to get you to your ultimate desirable outcome. Your default choice should be very unlikely to fail you; you have to be confident that it’s a very safe bet. In fact, that’s the only requirement. This heuristic is particularly useful for software developers who have a natural tendency for tinkering and over-optimisation. --- ## References - [[The Good Parts of AWS (book)]] - [[Decision making and cognitive biases in designing software architectures]]