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If you solve 80% of the problems by spending 20% of the time, is it worth spending the 80% to solve 20% of the problems? Or even if it is, is it more valuable t
by vlovich123 1y ago
If you solve 80% of the problems by spending 20% of the time, is it worth spending the 80% to solve 20% of the problems? Or even if it is, is it more valuable to ship the 80% complete solution first to get it into the hands of users while you work on the thornier version?
- Mond_ 1y agoIf someone else ships a 100% solution, or a solution that doesn't have the problems your potentially half-baked "80% solution" does, then you might be in trouble. There's a fine line here: it matters a lot whether we're talking about a "sloppy" 80% solution that later causes problems and is incredibly hard to fix, or if it's a clean minimal subset, which restricts you (by being the minimal thing everyone agrees on) but doesn't have any serious design flaws.
- vlovich123 1y agoSure. And I'm not sure the type checker failing on certain corner cases and asking you to alter the code to be friendlier is a huge roadblock if it rarely comes up in practice for the vast majority of developers.