What's Not Written Doesn’t Exist

A typical day in a mid-sized company. The already overworked developer, deep in crunch mode1 gets a quick note: “Would you please make the open invoices visible in the overview of all customers for this project?” Dutifully, he nods. He knows it’s an important project, the task isn’t technically difficult and the boss likes quick and simple solutions. So somehow “in between” late in the afternoon, he “enhances” the UI, “adds” extra queries to the frontend, “adjusts” the corresponding logic in the backend, and “builds” new views for tje resulting lists. He even goes the extra mile by making the invoices click- and viewable. Tired but satisfied, the developer leans back shortly before midnight with the good feeling of having improved the application. Read more