Comment by Xurinos

15 years ago

...so long as we balance the long term cost in future maintenance/extension work against the short term gain.

> so long as we balance the long term cost in future maintenance/extension work against the short term gain.

There is no "long term" unless the short term system survives.

Anything that ships is better than the best thing that didn't ship.

  • > Anything that ships is better than the best thing that didn't ship.

    Minor strawman... I did not advocate waiting to ship the "best". Rarely are things that ship "short term" systems. Watch the balance. If you have to maintain/update it, you must be mindful of the costs.