Build in Quality from the Start
“The problem with quick and dirty, as some people have said, is that dirty remains long after quick has been forgotten.”[1] Many times in my career I’ve inherited systems where this quote is so applicable. There are always various reasons: “They needed a solution really fast so we just banged it out,” or, “It was only supposed to be a temporary solution,” and so on. The thing is, once the solution is in place, it tends to stay in place, and if it isn’t done with quality in mind, then the future cost of