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mgkimsal on March 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook’s code quality problem (2015)

I've seen that "move fast and break things" mantra used in projects, and yeah, some people think they're being the next Zuckerberg when doing so. But what I've (almost) never seen is someone who actually fixes the shit when it's broken.

Fine, go ahead and break stuff, but be willing and able to actually FIX it afterwards. That part never seems to get picked up.

TallGuyShort on March 13, 2017 [–]

Better yet, move fast and have good test coverage that can run fast and does so automatically.

Cofike on March 13, 2017 | [–]

"The client won't want to pay for testing"

"We'll circle back and add tests later"

mgkimsal on March 15, 2017 | | [–]

"The client won't want to pay for testing" becomes "the client will pay for not testing"

My deepity for the day...

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