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> Human beings systematically undervalue their future selves. This is why we have a hard time saving for retirement, exercising and writing tests. Think of your
by maksimum 9y ago
> Human beings systematically undervalue their future selves. This is why we have a hard time saving for retirement, exercising and writing tests. Think of your future self and write tests.
This!
What's also worrisome is that sometimes your incentives are misaligned; e.g. when product development and maintenance are handled by different teams, or features have tight deadlines and screw the debt that will be the future and we must deal with now.