How Best Practices Became the Industry's Most Dangerous Religion
(medium.com)
In 2007, I deleted a 40,000-line Java enterprise project and rebuilt it in PHP4. My colleagues acted like I’d sacrificed a goat in the server room. “Best practices!” they cried. “Maintainability!” they warned. Three months later, we shipped early. The system ran flawlessly for a decade.
In 2007, I deleted a 40,000-line Java enterprise project and rebuilt it in PHP4. My colleagues acted like I’d sacrificed a goat in the server room. “Best practices!” they cried. “Maintainability!” they warned. Three months later, we shipped early. The system ran flawlessly for a decade.