I think the "go fast and break things" mantra is causing programmers to doubt that stable, bug-free software can be built at all. At my last company i was an o

I think the "go fast and break things" mantra is causing programmers to doubt that stable, bug-free software can be built at all. At my last company i was an older developer in a mostly younger team. We were working on a full rewrite of our product. Version 2 was going to address all the hastily patched together misfeatures of version 1. Even with this admission that we had a quality problem, I could barely convince them to let me take time to design the new version. I was supposed to be the architect in charge of designing the new system, and I was constantly being rushed. I would tell them that if we think this through, we'll have a more coherent and stable product. It was like I was talking Swahili to them. On the few parts of the system where I was given enough time, I got very few bug reports. As for the rest, well I did what I could. It's no use being a martyr.