---
title: "First, It Must Work"
date: 2023-05-11T23:00:26-04:00
draft: false
references:
- title: "The Grug Brained Developer"
  url: https://grugbrain.dev/
  date: 2023-05-12T13:08:33Z
  file: grugbrain-dev-dzqozx.txt
- title: "Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices"
  url: https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580
  date: 2023-05-12T14:09:23Z
  file: world-hey-com-ivvqlb.txt
- title: "Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software"
  url: https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software
  date: 2023-06-20T16:28:39Z
  file: cerebralab-com-qy5zqs.txt
- title: "When to Build Millennia Sewers"
  url: https://taylor.town/millennium-sewer
  date: 2023-07-03T00:32:43Z
  file: taylor-town-5siv9a.txt
- title: "We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study"
  url: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-problems.html
  date: 2023-07-03T21:19:28Z
  file: techxplore-com-8o7hmu.txt
---

### Thoughts on priorities in software development

* So much stuff doesn't work -- bugs stop you from accomplishing your desired task
* Over time, complexity creeps in, making changes gets harder
* The focus on performance, serverless, microservices, etc. -- these increase complexity, reduce reliability

### Links

* [The Grug Brained Developer][1]
* [Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices][2]
* [Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software][3]
* [When to Build Millennia Sewers][4]
* [We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study][5]

[1]: https://grugbrain.dev/
[2]: https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580
[3]: https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software
[4]: https://taylor.town/millennium-sewer
[5]: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-problems.html