The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020)

Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by JohnBooty on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:01PM (#34457017)

    as they should, because [timely delivery] is the 
    only thing that matters to 99% of humans for any 
    non-critical stuff

Right, but here's the thing. Tech debt is inseparable from timely delivery.

The tech debt you accrue today in the name of "shipping fast" hurts your ability to execute timely delivery in the future.

That's why management should care.

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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by jcelerier on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:08PM (#34458119)

or is it ? some code is made to be long-lasting (and that's the one we "see" because of course it lasted long already) but the large majority is short-term projects which are only relevant for a few months / years and will never get reused afterwards.

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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by JohnBooty on Friday January 20, 2023 @04:01PM (#34459887)

Hah, yeah, I think we haven't a terminology difference here. I wouldn't even term "bad" code in short-lived projects to be "tech debt" in the first place.

I definitely agree you about the near irrelevance of tech debt in short lived projects.

     the large majority is short-term projects which

Is this really true? Really depends on where you work, I guess. It hasn't generally been my experience.

But it really depends on if you're working at e.g. an agency vs. working on long lived in house projects.

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