a lot of tech debt is used to palliate the effects of weak leadership in lame organizations, but say, doing a feature demo with hardcoded or simulated data that closes a sale is smart leverage.
ultimately the purpose of any feature is to discover market demand for fit. the faster you can do that, the better your product will be. when we lose sight of that signal-discovery purpose and think we're building a precision machine part or a bridge as some kind of public service, I think we lose the plot.
people should learn to love tech debt, it's high value, and when it becomes a problem, fixing it is also high value.
motohagiography|1 year ago
ultimately the purpose of any feature is to discover market demand for fit. the faster you can do that, the better your product will be. when we lose sight of that signal-discovery purpose and think we're building a precision machine part or a bridge as some kind of public service, I think we lose the plot.
people should learn to love tech debt, it's high value, and when it becomes a problem, fixing it is also high value.