>these were known to be very imperfect implementations even when they were originally added, but they were added anyway in the name of velocity, with an implici

>these were known to be very imperfect implementations even when they were originally added, but they were added anyway in the name of velocity, with an implicit assumption baked in that they’d be shored up and improved later I've heard this a million times but don't remember ever seeing it actually done, at least on full coverage. This is why it's critically important to get the right first team of developers. A team who also knows this strategy is rarely implemented. Don't feel too bad, it's probably in every live codebase on the planet, just a matter of degree.