Overstack: 10,000 Labeled System Design Examples for Overengineering Detection

Overstack provides 10,000 labeled system design examples across 10 tech domains, published by user 'yo' and updated in March 2026. The dataset categorizes software architecture descriptions into levels of engineering complexity to facilitate the detection of overengineered systems.

Use Cases

• Training text classification models to categorize architecture descriptions using the 'overengineered' and 'appropriate' labels
• Developing regression models to predict architectural complexity using the 1-10 severity scale
• Analyzing software design patterns across the 10 tech domains to identify common overengineering anti-patterns

Strengths

• 10,000 labeled examples
• Granular 1-10 severity scale for regression tasks
• Covers 10 distinct tech domains
• MIT licensed for open use

Limitations

• High potential for label noise due to the subjective nature of 'overengineering'
• Limited to English language descriptions
• Lack of detailed documentation on the specific 10 tech domains included

Provenance

Source

yo (Hugging Face)

Freshness

Last updated March 8, 2026.