[oliwarner]

The ethos described in TFA extends a lot further than this vague idea of "scale". Be honest. We've all built things without a test framework and 99.9% coverage. Many all the way to production and beyond. Many of us skimp on accessibility. Works For Me™ means it Works For Client™ and that's all anyone will budget for. Even client optimisations (bundling/shaking/compressing/etc) get thrown out the window in a hurry.

The problems with accepting this way of thinking is you never budget for cut corners. After you build the MVP, all your client/boss wants is the next thing. They don't want to pay you again to do the thing you just did, but right.

And if you never get approval for testing, a11y, optimisations, the first time you hear about it is when it has lost you users. When somebody complains. When something breaks. Those numbers really matter when you're small. And it always looks bad for the devs. Your boss will dump on you.

So just be careful what corners you're cutting. Try to involve the whole team in the process of consciously not doing something so it's not a shock when you need to put things right later on.