←back to thread

Why Companies Don't Fix Bugs

(idiallo.com)
177 points foxfired | 1 comments | 07 Apr 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
darthrupert ◴[08 Apr 25 08:23 UTC] No.43619480[source]▶
As an architect, I fix bugs and do other kinds of maintenance. I don't ask for permission. It's a part of the job.

If you are in a team where the management doesn't allow you to fix bugs, it is your responsibility to lie to your management and fix them anyway.

Fearing a loss of employment is of course a valid reason to let a product rot, but that doesn't completely free you from this responsibility.

replies(1): >>43624665 #
1. sksxihve ◴[08 Apr 25 17:59 UTC] No.43624665[source]▶
I worked on a project once that was a complete mess, they outsourced the QA of the product and the off-shore team was creating hundreds of dupe reports for each issue they found. Out came the burn-down charts, used as justification for requiring weekend work for the whole team.

I got tired of this and grabbed a couple other devs and split up the jira bug backlog between us, and we started closing out dupes and non-repro tickets, after about two days and thousands of tickets closed my manager angrily came over to my cube and demanded I stop because "it was making the company look bad".

Sometimes the best option is not to play.