Fast on the market and software architecture

You want to be ASAP on the market. So you require developers to write code fast.

We should have a decent code at least, so we can overcome future situations.

Yeah, yeah, but not now, let’s release fast. Then we’ll come back, this is just a concept, we need our clients to see something/we need to fix the issue now (cause it’s burning now, we’ve been ignoring it for a while because it was never urgent).

Both are right. You need good code and fast written code. Can you have them both? I would say not really.

Instead, you can have a decent architecture. At least decent. Start your project, feature, class or function in a manner which will allow you to update code in the moment you realize things went wrong, or when you just need to extend.

You don’t understand, you’re not mature enough, we have to work fast.

Great, I look forward for you to ask me why development is taking so much, why we have bugs.

Use frameworks and/or patterns/advices that others are using and working on for years. If at some point you end up on an unpleasant road, it’s going to be easier to change. Don’t be afraid of things you’re not used to.

And try to work as isolate as possible. Build independent components/libraries/modules/packages that are easy to integrate and dispose when needed, do not throw code everywhere.

Do not try to guess the future, make sure the present allows you to adapt. Otherwise, time, effort, money will be invested in maintaining a monster which holds you back from being fast on the market.

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