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Development speed is not a bottleneck

(pawelbrodzinski.substack.com)
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temporallobe ◴[] No.45138694[source]
About a decade ago, I was the sole developer for a special project. The code took 2 weeks to complete (a very simple Java servlet + JDBC app) but an entire year to actually deliver due to indecisive leadership, politics, and extremely overzealous security policies. By the time it was successfully deployed to prod, I had been chewed out by management countless times, who usually asked questions like “how on Earth can it take so long to do this one simple thing??”.
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1. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[] No.45138908[source]
I see that a lot too. Something is super urgent, you work your ass off to deliver and then somebody sits on it for months before actually shipping. If ever.
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2. skydhash ◴[] No.45139310[source]
I don’t actually mind (because I won’t work my ass off). So when enthusiasm fizzle out, I just take a lot of notes (to onboard myself quickly) and shelve the project.