42 Words of Wisdom: #04

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

- Douglas Adams

This one is especially relevant for me recently. The past two weeks at work, we have been trying to get a baseline release of the software out, and it has been one problem after another. I spent my whole week putting out fires as one bug after another was discovered. Why don't customers seem to understand that with software there are really only two choices: it can either be on time, or it can work.