Episode 520: John Ousterhout on A Philosophy of Software Design
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How Much Can You Afford to Invest?
I imagine people say, as they're concerned that all progress will halt if we stop to worry about the incremental addition of com xity. The question i would ask is, how much can you for? Think of it like an investment that you 're going to spend a little bit more time to day to improve the design,. In return, you're going to save time later. So it's like this investment is returning interest in the future.
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