Dream Bigger Architecture

For years, we made tradeoffs between architecture and time. The ideal solution existed in our heads, but we shipped the practical one instead. Prop drilling felt tedious, so we reached for Context or Redux. Clever shortcuts became the norm.

AI changes this equation completely.

At YoPrint, we've stopped avoiding prop drilling. It turns out prop drilling is better—it creates clear separation between presentation and logic. Every component explicitly declares its dependencies. The data flow is obvious. The architecture is honest. And here's the bonus: components become Storybook-ready out of the box. No mocking Context providers, no wiring up Redux stores. Just props in, UI out.

We avoided it before because it was tedious to write and maintain. But AI doesn't get bored. AI doesn't cut corners to save twenty minutes. AI is fast AF.

Now we can pursue the grander architecture. The one we always knew was right but couldn't justify the time investment. AI generates in minutes what took a team days.

The question is no longer "what can we afford to build?" It's "what should we build?"

It's time to dream bigger.

"The best architecture was always obvious. We just couldn't afford it."