## Metadata - Author: [[Felipe Hummel - Software Engineer]] - Full Title: The value of canonicity - Category: #articles - Summary: Nubank, a technology company, has found value in adopting a canonical approach to their technology stack. By limiting the number of tools used and favoring standardized approaches, they have created a more efficient engineering organization. This approach allows for easier collaboration between teams, as engineers can quickly understand and contribute to different services. It also reduces dependencies and allows for easier movement of engineers between teams. Additionally, by focusing on a smaller set of technologies, Nubank is able to make high leverage technical improvements and maintain a paved road of efficient tools and patterns. They do, however, remain open to experimentation and will adopt new technologies when they provide clear benefits. - URL: https://building.nubank.com.br/the-value-of-canonicity/ ## Highlights - Having less variance” may be more precisely worded as “avoiding non-essential variance” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hnta24t2262zvvh4brxs2s47)) - We see our choice of picking fewer technologies and actively leveraging them as creating a [“paved road”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjKJyWeg88c), which means having a smooth and as effortless as possible ride while coding at Nubank, with polished and efficient tools for the most common jobs. But having a nice paved road doesn’t mean we stay on it all the time. As Van Gogh has said: “Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it”. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hnta4qrsxsczdtjprwp6sk8h))