It's very much in the spirit of my coworker's complaint about the agile 'process' we followed.
"We never have enough time to do it right, but we always have enough time to do it twice"
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
by webmaven on Friday September 11, 2020 @12:21PM
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> It's very much in the spirit of my coworker's complaint about the agile 'process' we followed.
> "We never have enough time to do it right, but we always have enough time to do it twice"
Which is a totally valid tradeoff if "doing it right" will take three times as long.
Or, if after "doing it right", you're still going to have to do it over because you anticipated the wrong problems.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
by chrismatheson on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:08AM
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"Buy cheap, Buy twice" I think seems related :)
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
by jdmcnugent on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:01PM
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Similar: “cry once, buy once”
Wow. This is what I needed right now.
--My great-great grandfather