{"id":28369,"date":"2018-02-10T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T16:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28369"},"modified":"2018-02-10T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T16:09:06","slug":"the-most-dangerous-word-in-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/10\/the-most-dangerous-word-in-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The most dangerous word in software development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think this article –\u00a0The Most Dangerous Word In Software Development<\/a> – hits the nail on the head.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust\u201d implies that all of the thinking behind a feature or system has been done. Even worse, it implies that all of the decisions that will have to be made in the course of development have already been discovered\u2014and that\u2019s never the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every time somebody asks for “just” this little thing or that little thing, I ask them to “just describe it”, or “just answer a few questions”, or “just pay for it”.\u00a0 Somehow, it never turns up as easy and simple in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I think this article –\u00a0The Most Dangerous Word In Software Development – hits the nail on the head. \u201cJust\u201d implies that all of the thinking behind a feature or system has been done. 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