[mariosisters]

Nailed it with this quote, especially because it scales to all levels of product development. Literally the only thing that matters (in the context of business success, of course) is if it works enough to keep going up and the the right.

No one cares about your code.

[rcoveson]

> ...is if it works enough to keep going up and the the right.

Right, because that's a one-bit truth value, not a scalar. The slope doesn't matter, it just has to be positive. Everything is so simple!

There's no such thing as high margins, or success in degrees.

Is there something adding friction to the process of making software/food/cars? Well, is it adding enough friction to make our profits go negative? No? Then literally no one cares.

[mariosisters]

The one bit value of growing vs not is the primary determinant of success (in this industry), yes. I’m not making a lifestyle biz.

[rcoveson]

With your philosophy that literally reduces engineering to “does it make any profit at all true or false”, I would hope that you would confine yourself to the lifestyle industry.

[bitwize]

John Ousterhout put it like: Not working to working is the biggest performance improvement.

No misogyny needed.

[kilgnad]

Code matters, it's hidden technical debt that bites you in the ass later, kind of like contracting HIV.

Guess where I'm taking that prom queen analogy