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Poor software quality is also expensive. I would like to see a study about the balance points and how to achieve them.
by cema 12y ago
Poor software quality is also expensive. I would like to see a study about the balance points and how to achieve them.
- collyw 12y agoNot always.
- tribaal 12y agoSure, what I meant is most companies will chose cheap-fast over good-fast, in my experience. Flinging crap out fast is sometimes seen as a valid business model (unfortunately): that crap is only expensive to you if you have to maintain it, but that's not your problem if all you're trying to do is to "exit". On the other end of the spectrum (like where I work at now for example), we take a lot of effort and time to make sure our code is not crap - but that is an expensive decision both in terms of money and time.
- blrice 12y agoThis. I think there's a big space between cheap-fast (crap) and good-expensive (or just "good"). In my experience, we seem to be way more toward the crap side of things. I think we can make a correction without going too far the other way. You can make sacrifices for speed that don't always mean crap in the end. I'm willing to sacrifice perfect architecture in order to get something out the door, for instance.