There are no temporary fixes (just permanent shortcuts)

There are no temporary fixes (just permanent shortcuts)

A while back, I wrote about A hill to die on: there are no tiny changes, just changes we underestimate. If you missed it, give it a read. But there’s a related myth we need to dismantle: “It’s just a temporary fix.” Ah yes, the sacred chant of backlog triage. We all know how it goes: “This is just to get us unblocked.” “Let’s be pragmatic; we’ll clean it up later.” “We’ll write a proper solution next sprint.” Spoiler: we won’t. When did tempora…