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"Diving debt into reckless/prudent and deliberate/inadvertent implies a quadrant, and I've only discussed three cells. So is there such a thing as prudent-inadv
by obie 17y ago
"Diving debt into reckless/prudent and deliberate/inadvertent implies a quadrant, and I've only discussed three cells. So is there such a thing as prudent-inadvertent debt? Although such a thing sounds odd, I believe that it is - and it's not just common but inevitable for teams that are excellent designers."
The concept of prudent-inadvertent debt was new to me but immediately made sense.
- j_baker 17y agoI believe Steve McConnell calls this long-term technical debt because it kind of tends to creep up on you.
- olliesaunders 17y agoI often find I have an urge to write something a certain way, sometimes one that is different from best practice. I take the time to evaluate the results of what I do. Sometimes I look back at something and go, "I should have stuck to best practice," but increasingly I go, "I realize now the reason why it made sense not to follow best practice."
- j_baker 17y agoI like Rands's definitition of best practice: "A phrase used to convince you to do something different that assumes you don’t actually want to know why it’s a better approach." http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/07/13/the_words_you_wear.html http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/07/13/the_words_y...