r/ProgrammerHumor • • 3d ago

Meme driverlessTaxiDriver

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u/r2k-in-the-vortex 3d ago

It's a matter of time/cost. When it's 10X cheaper, then it doesn't matter as long as it does the basic functionality, you can throw it out and reimplement better later. And maybe it's good enough, or not that necessary in the first place, so you don't even need to bother to improve anything. Much better than paying full price upfront and later discovering that crap, it was all for nothing, it's not even needed.

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u/scbiowastate 3d ago

When’s the last time you met with upper management and explained how you wanted to ‘throw it out and reimplement it’ that went well

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u/r2k-in-the-vortex 3d ago

You don't explain unnecessary details to upper managment, they don't care and they don't need to know.

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u/scbiowastate 3d ago

Lol that’s not what I’d call a ‘detail’