Hitting on America
The study of agile methods is good for your skeptical bones.
“Build the simplest thing that works, then refactor if needed.”
Maybe. Maybe. But what about getting it right the first time around?
Erich Kästner wrote an apposite ditty on this topic [1]:
They tell you it’s OK if first you fail;
OK perhaps — but not so practical.
Not all who for India set sail
Hit on America.
Note
[1] My translation. The original reads:
Irrtümer haben ihren Wert;
Jedoch noch hie und da.
Nicht jeder, der nach Indien fährt,
Endeckt Amerika.
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