<story><title>Going Fast Slowly</title><url>https://varnish-cache.org/docs/6.2/phk/thatslow.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pdonis</author><text>From the article: &amp;quot;I no longer think about code lines as an asset to be accumulated, but rather as an expenditure to be avoided.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The obvious Edsger Djikstra reference:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;[I]f we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as “lines produced” but as “lines spent”: the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;plasmasturm.org&amp;#x2F;log&amp;#x2F;linesspent&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;plasmasturm.org&amp;#x2F;log&amp;#x2F;linesspent&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Going Fast Slowly</title><url>https://varnish-cache.org/docs/6.2/phk/thatslow.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jchook</author><text>“Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast”&lt;p&gt;Old military saying that I repeat often because I have relearned so many times that shortcuts cause more work (read: problems and rigidity) in the long run.&lt;p&gt;Choose one: get it done right, or get it done right now.</text></comment>