[PragmaticPulp]

> that's a great point and reminds me of the 'quantity trumps quality'

Quality versus quantity is a false dichotomy. You actually need both quality and quantity (or more accurately: speed of delivery). Don’t ship bad code for the sake of shipping code because this will damage your reputation.

The actual tradeoff most people are up against is speed versus complexity. If you find yourself in endless process meetings or talking about new architecture changes over and over again but it takes forever to actually write code, then you’re stuck on the complexity end of the spectrum. Complexity feels good in the moment because it feels like you’re doing the right thing and reducing risk, but the more complexity you add the less product you actually ship.

Learning how to simplify to the bare minimum, reduce process overhead, and ship quality, minimal code quickly is the art you want to learn.