The Dream of Avoiding Failure

We all dream of working on software projects that make a difference but all too often the apps barely even run.

Over budget and buggy, we’re lucky if the services address even a part of the problem they’re supposed to.

Everything keeps changing, it feels like we’re constantly chasing after a moving landscape—Red Queen style (Opens in a new window). We dream of stability.

But There is No Stability

New frameworks appear daily. New platforms keep getting released that are said to be better than the existing ones in every way. Older frameworks keep adding features and changing old ones in a constant search for perfection. New libraries get made to solve old problems in better ways. Progress is constant—an unrelenting weight on everything we do.

Everything keeps getting better but our endless chase after these improvements leads to bugs, delays, and burnout.

Stability is Something We Create

We work within a software development community using a variety of systems. We choose the systems. We choose how to change them.

What we need is to be thoughtful about it because, if those  innovations are truly innovative, they’ll still be there a few months  down the line.

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