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Ask Facebook? "Move fast and break things" is in a literal sense orthogonal to predictable, maintainable software. If you are adding value and focusing on your customer's needs, they will put up with a little more unpredictability and extra maintenance. Again, you should really read that article, it says it better than I can summarize in an HN comment. Part of its definition of value is that you're addressing unmet need at a rate higher than you are introducing chaos. So the levels of predictability and maintenance in your software are tradeoffs of other ways to add value (insert "always has been" meme here). They are neither necessary nor sufficient for delivering value.

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kthejoker2Nov 13, 2020, 1:51 PM

Ask Facebook? "Move fast and break things" is in a literal sense orthogonal to predictable, maintainable software. If you are adding value and focusing on your customer's needs, they will put up with a little more unpredictability and extra maintenance. Again, you should really read that article, it says it better than I can summarize in an HN comment. Part of its definition of value is that you're addressing unmet need at a rate higher than you are introducing chaos. So the levels of predictability and maintenance in your software are tradeoffs of other ways to add value (insert "always has been" meme here). They are neither necessary nor sufficient for delivering value.

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