Good Enough Software 

The lights are out. The moon is full. The hot water bottle is ready. I am about to listen to some divine feminine poetry (yes I am) but I remembered what I forgot to write about. Good enough software. So this was a new concept to me. But having worked a few places I can see - trying to make perfect software can be a massive hindrance. And it is places that do things less perfectly that can go further

So what is good enough software. Well ask yourself what your users want. Harder than it sounds. Do they want perfect software that takes a year? Been there. Or do they want extremely complex but buggy software? Or do they want simple software that works? I like that the authors acknowledge nuances. So they say that working on autopilots and personal care alarms requires the highest of precision. It’s very very good to honour and respect that. After all - people can die from bad software and that must be avoided. But sometimes for your fancy new app you don’t need perfection