“Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two,” rule for web applications

[elfs]

Functional. Elegant. Foolproof. Pick two.

This entry was automatically cross-posted from Elf's technical journal, ElfSternberg.com

Comments

[tamino.livejournal.com]

That may be, but why is there so much out there that is none, or at best only one, of those? :-/

[srmalloy.livejournal.com]

That's generally an artifact of trying for all three and failing miserably at it, or not making a serious effort toward any of them. Both of which are far too common.

[woggie.livejournal.com]

Okay, I must now ask you for a list of things that are foolproof.