I always try to keep in mind that A Mess is not a Technical Debt[1], and that when you keep that in mind you can do it intentionally[2]. Which is particularly u

I always try to keep in mind that A Mess is not a Technical Debt[1], and that when you keep that in mind you can do it intentionally[2]. Which is particularly useful when you are more interested in learning[3] about a problem (like building a MVP) than when you are in solving it[4]. [1] http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/09/22/a-mess-is-not-a-technical-debt http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/09/22/a-mess-is-n... [2] http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html [3] http://www.ashmaurya.com/2011/06/your-product-is-not-the-product/ http://www.ashmaurya.com/2011/06/your-product-is-not-the-pro... [4] http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/blog/?p=251 http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/blog/?p=251