The Unavoidable Hack

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by fbuilesv • 15 years ago

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Schinken• 15 years ago

great article. everytime i need to do a hack, i ask myself the same question. the point of no return moved far away with more coding-experience.

i think this is a problem of a perfectionist :)

DanielRibeiro• 15 years ago

I always try to keep in mind that A Mess is not a Technical Debt[1], and that when you keep that in mind you can do it intentionally[2]. Which is particularly useful when you are more interested in learning[3] about a problem (like building a MVP) than when you are in solving it[4].

[1] http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/09/22/a-mess-is-n...

[2] http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html

[3] http://www.ashmaurya.com/2011/06/your-product-is-not-the-pro...

[4] http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/blog/?p=251

vladiim• 15 years ago

Insightful article and really well written.

I guess the closest you can come is: - having people around you who have similar standards - a culture of constantly questioning everything - a business unit that understands the importance of overcoming tech debt

alexcsm• 15 years ago

Great article, I'm sure most of us have felt the same way at one point or another.

The Unavoidable Hack

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