Software is a messy business indeed.https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939617404645376 …
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It's called technical debt. Everyone has it, but if you let it spiral out of control, you end up paying in the long run. A company that does not keep technical debt under control will eventually suffer the consequences.
Momentum might push you forward, but there comes a point when you're running on fumes. Eventually you do need to go back and fix the mess, and the more you wait, the exponentially worse it gets.
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The difficulty, as with many systems, is that there's not a tight feedback loop for tech debt. Consequences occur at a time so far removed from the initial debt creation that there's not always a clear link in our minds. We tend to think our immediate problems have recent causes.
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Perhaps I should have used "inertia". It takes effort an energy, as you are pointing out, to change our direction. If we don't make that effort, we will run over the cliff. The further along we are, the more energy is required to make the change.
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