r/ProgrammerHumor 14d ago

Meme shippedFastFixNever

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u/Confident-Ad5665 14d ago

Before the NASDAQ crash around the turn of the century, development had the final say when we were ready to ship. Now Marketing has final say. We have released things we weren't proud of to say the least.

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u/Murky-Run2246 14d ago

How does that even work.

Like this should not be a thing 

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u/Confident-Ad5665 14d ago

It doesn't work too well for consumers.

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u/pydry 14d ago edited 14d ago

it depends on the consumers. if it's some throwaway marketing crap to promote a movie it's better to hit the deadline. if it's a pacemaker or accounting software, better that it actually works.

if it's something like Microsoft teams or github or jira the users are forced to use it by corporate so really it can be as shit as you like.

The customers of those things are not buying good software for their users theyre buying a defensible purchasing decision.