Lewis Campbell argues that the common refrain that users don't care about code quality, testing, or technical stack is flawed reasoning that ignores downstream effects like performance, bugs, and development speed. He contends that dismissing engineering excellence as irrelevant to customers is an ego defense mechanism that overlooks how poor code quality ultimately harms user experience and business outcomes.
Trading performance and user experience for ease of development for the dev team is pretty fashionable right now. I'm still waiting for the industry to come out of it, but it's been years now and no sign yet.
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Lewis Campbell argues that the common refrain that users don't care about code quality, testing, or technical stack is flawed reasoning that ignores downstream effects like performance, bugs, and development speed. He contends that dismissing engineering excellence as irrelevant to customers is an ego defense mechanism that overlooks how poor code quality ultimately harms user experience and business outcomes.
This just in, poorer product is poorer
Trading performance and user experience for ease of development for the dev team is pretty fashionable right now. I'm still waiting for the industry to come out of it, but it's been years now and no sign yet.