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I am guessing most/a lot of us have seen similar situations (unfortunately). (Sometimes, though situations like that are unavoidable -- given that demos can bec
by eftychis 4y ago
I am guessing most/a lot of us have seen similar situations (unfortunately).
(Sometimes, though situations like that are unavoidable -- given that demos can become product overnight or a deadline is unattainable no matter what you shave off. If I had a nickel for each time I had seen any of the above happen...)
- maerF0x0 4y agoyes there are shortcuts that one takes for a demo, but these were multimonth projects extending existing systems, it's not like the optimal solution was going to take much longer (if at all), we just needed an architect that understood computer science I think my biggest failing in my career is in being able to convince people that just because they don't understand something doesn't mean it's harder to code. Many O(n^2) solutions take just as long to code as O(n), for example...