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Comment by MattGaiser

5 hours ago

Even if they are right about quality, people on here vastly overstate the value of quality. From socks to dishwashers to airfares, slop is a valid product as long as it is cheap. Security from a business perspective has been proven not quite optional, but it is hardly catastrophic if it fails.

> Even if they are right about quality, people on here vastly overstate the value of quality

I always found the quality argument strange; what software are these people using that makes them think quality is a high priority?

  • I recognize that my experience may not be typical, but I spend the vast majority of my development time improving the quality of the systems I work on, in response to specific customer demands for it. The last time I had multiple consecutive weeks of greenfield development was in 2021.