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"Move fast and break things" was originally meant to refer to agile development methodologies that encourages developers to iterate quickly on their implementat
by linguae 3y ago
"Move fast and break things" was originally meant to refer to agile development methodologies that encourages developers to iterate quickly on their implementations and to encourage a development culture where developers are not afraid to make changes to the codebase. However, I believe the quote "move fast and break things" has unfortunately been used by some people to justify and encourage reckless, socially-damaging behavior by companies and individuals. I believe that's what the poster was referring to when critiquing "move fast and break things."
- tracker1 3y agoOh, I definitely get it... I also remember an Alt.Net movement (people that liked C#, but didn't like the MS "enterprise" patterns) that had a motto of "running with scissors." Of course, there's also times where intentionally breaking something is the best solution to getting the fix done. From literally deleting the code/class/library that you are replacing and dealing with all the compiler errors as part of the fix. Or similarly, actually shutting off the non-secure protocol servers when the company decree has been to only use secure channels (TLS or similar) for communications, and breaking the systems that are still using the insecure channels after remaining up for years, "just in case."
- JohnFen 3y ago> I believe that's what the poster was referring to when critiquing "move fast and break things." Yes. The original sense of the term was fine and expressed a reasonable thing. Since then, it's been taken much too far and has been applied far outside the development process itself. This attitude is, in my opinion, one of the things that has turned the software industry from being mostly a force for good into a very mixed bag.