Comment on EBay acquires Hunch for $80mparentComments−drumdance14yFlickr was a bonafide cultural phenomenon before Yahoo let it die on the vine. That doesn't happen with crappy engineering. Less-than-optimal engineering, yes. That's the tradeoff between getting a product out the door and never delivering.Netscape's code was pretty crappy too.−hello_moto14yI never refer to a perfect utopia where the code is superbly indented, nicely commented, looks great, etc.But hacks will always be hacks regardless the discussion of "getting product out of the door" vs "never delivering".
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Flickr was a bonafide cultural phenomenon before Yahoo let it die on the vine. That doesn't happen with crappy engineering. Less-than-optimal engineering, yes. That's the tradeoff between getting a product out the door and never delivering.
Netscape's code was pretty crappy too.
I never refer to a perfect utopia where the code is superbly indented, nicely commented, looks great, etc.
But hacks will always be hacks regardless the discussion of "getting product out of the door" vs "never delivering".