I'd add more controversy here: if deadline is unrealistic it is ok to miss it and do things the right way. Deploying ugly piece of shortcut that is going to gi

I'd add more controversy here: if deadline is unrealistic it is ok to miss it and do things the right way. Deploying ugly piece of shortcut that is going to give you grief for the next 5 years is not worth making for the sake of pulling your skin off to met unrealistic deadline that was created by the layer of clueless management. Follow your professional intuition of course.