It went wrong, when young nice folks with fresh MBAs realized, that the point of diminishing returns for software quality can be very low. Just throw things int

It went wrong, when young nice folks with fresh MBAs realized, that the point of diminishing returns for software quality can be very low. Just throw things into production and maybe catch some of the bigger foobars and let the hockey stick growth take over. Yes, you’ll loose some customers but more will come and it’s just not worth it spending time on shifting the exponent slightly to the left. Your evaluation will depend more on the exciting new features rolled out than the 3-per-cent-lower-than-predicted au growth.