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Discussion on: Writing quality code under time pressure?

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Scott Hannen

These are great points. In any other profession there wouldn't even be a need for discussions like this. We wouldn't tell someone to re-upholster a chair, but do it as fast as they can with no regard for how long it will last.

"How fast can we do it" should mean, "How fast can we do it right?" And even the smallest effort is likely to involve more than one iteration of work or some sort of changed requirement. All it takes is that second iteration for the quality of the first iteration to pay off. Like you said, doing it right is faster, not slower.