Comment by zwischenzug
7 years ago
Usually I've ventured into the code and made a bad enough attempt to fix that the devs are galvanised into doing it right. Filing a ticket usually not enough table stakes to get your voice heard if things are worked around.
I like this concept. I wonder if there’s a word for it. Any Germans want to help out with a fifteen syllable wonder?
Tikettfileninsufficientstadtdelvencodebasefixen.
Or something? More seriously, relevant English idioms:
- A stitch in time saves nine;
- Something worth doing's worth doing well;
- If you want it done right, do it yourself;
and surely more. I'm certain there's a farming-analogy one about fixing something sooner rather than later, but it's escaped me.
So, we've got:
Cunningham's Law: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer" [1]
"Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever" [2]
I feel like there should be a third but that's what i've got.
[1] http://fed.wiki.org/journal.hapgood.net/cunninghams-law/fora...
[2] https://dandreamsofcoding.com/2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-cr...
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