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It takes 6 months to get those things out the door because teams are so busy dealing with fires and other technical debt that has built up from all the previous
by orev 6y ago
It takes 6 months to get those things out the door because teams are so busy dealing with fires and other technical debt that has built up from all the previous “do it dirty now and we’ll fix it later” features. Eventually you’re buried in keeping things afloat all the previous mistakes and just can’t move forward on anything.
- quantified 6y agoMy experience matches this. I was there when all the “move fast and break things, we’ll fix it later” became bugs and bad situations that suck all the energy from adding anything. Several years later, nothing can get fixed, it’s all fighting the fires. And it was all done following fashion, there was no real need.
- cogman10 6y agoMeanwhile, you've got management demanding more features and getting upset when you say "we can add it, but we need time to fix the mistakes of the past" "No, there's no time for that, MVP, get something out! We'll fix it later!"
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