The Unavoidable Hack

I always try to keep in mind that A Mess is not a Technical Debt[1], and that when you keep that in mind you can do it intentionally[2]. Which is particularly useful when you are more interested in learning[3] about a problem (like building a MVP) than when you are in solving it[4].

[1] http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/09/22/a-mess-is-n...

[2] http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html

[3] http://www.ashmaurya.com/2011/06/your-product-is-not-the-pro...

[4] http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/blog/?p=251

Insightful article and really well written.

I guess the closest you can come is: - having people around you who have similar standards - a culture of constantly questioning everything - a business unit that understands the importance of overcoming tech debt

great article. everytime i need to do a hack, i ask myself the same question. the point of no return moved far away with more coding-experience.

i think this is a problem of a perfectionist :)

Great article, I'm sure most of us have felt the same way at one point or another.