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Discussion on: The McDonalds Software Development Process

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Aurélien Delogu

Well, this time this is very opinionated, with very questionable analogies 😄

Indeed, McDonald's delivers fast. But, sorry to say that: it delivers shit. The French Laundry, on another hand, delivers quality products. And it takes time for it. You're basically comparing the WordPress market to a good company that tries to build good things.

Yes, you have it faster, cheaper but also heavier, and that cost more to host. And if you push it to have a less generic product, with more specific features, here we are with an unmaintainable pile of crap.

With your art analogy, this is a bit different. You cannot compare things like that. They have not the same purpose at all.

But hey, I understand your point of view. It's just that they are not the perfect analogies for your argument IMO ;) In your case, you deliver GOOD product faster.

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Thomas Hansen • Edited

Hehe, you are correct, and I kind of regret I didn't use "In'n'Out" as an analogy, or something with slightly better quality than McDonalds - However, the point still stands, which is delivering extremely fast. FYI, I agree, I've personally been to McDonalds twice the last 5 years ... ;)

But McDonalds have a lot of things to teach us, such as standardisation, continuous improvements, measuring time, etc, etc, etc - But yes, their food is (censored) ...!! :/