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Software design gets worse before it gets better


The price of improving structure

How much you pay & when, how many widgets you see & when, those are the parameters that determine whether you’ve made a good investment. The designer might decide to reach for a lower eventual goal in order to rein in how much & how long things are going to get worse. Choosing a step size that balances risk, human factors, & overhead.

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