> “Programmer time is more expensive than computer time.” I support the idealism of the article, but this quote is very accurate. Nobody wants to pay for quali

> “Programmer time is more expensive than computer time.” I support the idealism of the article, but this quote is very accurate. Nobody wants to pay for quality software. Not your users, not your stakeholders, not even you! And that's because the price of quality isn't just a little more expensive. It's not 1$ a year. It's exponentially more expensive. And some of those paid efforts will still end up slow and crappy in outcome, because of something else the article doesn't acknowledge: Writing fast, efficient, simple, correct, full featured software is really really hard. So not only is it expensive, it's also just plain difficult. Meaning it's not just about money and resources, but also time, time to experiment and fail.