The fine art of fast development
This is an ironically long article, so in the interests of time I have written a short version for each section. If you’re in a skimming mood, you should be able to power through it in under 100 seconds (depending on your reading and scrolling skills).
If you’re not a developer but responsible for the performance of developers, you might want to skip way way down to “The upside down” section.
Go!
A long meandering intro
When I speak to people about fast development (and I do, often) some people display a peculiar desire to translate the concept of fast into fast initially, but in a shortsighted way, so actually, slow.
It’s tempting to attribute this tendency to NND (Negative Nelly Disorder), but I think it goes deeper than that, and further back; I blame the famous fable of The Tortoise and the Hare.
This is a story in which an erratic rabbit and a tortoise with a purpose battle it out until a conclusion is reached:
Slow and steady wins the race
This is a reassuring message for (slow) children, but I propose the introduction of a new element to this fable, and I humbly present it to you now: The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Herd of Buffalo.
