On 5/30/13 9:00 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > I think to myself: "I > *know* that they are going to need this, so I might as well..."
Some things, it just makes sense to plan ahead. Like when the customer says "we'll never ever need more than one t-post in an opening, so just hard-code this formula for the one". When you just know that a couple years later they are going to say "what would it take to have the software compute 2 t-posts?" I re-write their formula to be more general and allow for an infinite number of t-posts. And because they specifically asked for only one, I code the ui to only allow one. Then when a couple years do pass and they ask the question, I say "I'm so good I can have this for you in a jiffy" all because I was thinking ahead for them. But I'm constantly reeling myself in, realizing that I'm putting all kinds of stuff in prematurely that really don't have a business case. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
