Oskar Dudycz 🇺🇦✊

Have you heard a surgeon say: "I won't sterilise my tools, as the patient won't let me"?

I haven't, but I have heard multiple times: "Business won't let us add unit tests."

As this grinds my gears, I decided to write my take on why we tell those lies to ourselves. I think that it's more about us avoiding accountability and dodging our duties than about mischievous business people.

Read more in the latest #ArchitectureWeekly: https://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/business-wont-let-me-and-other-lies

What's your take on that?

Business Won't Let Me and other lies we tell to ourselves

Have you heard a surgeon say, "I won't sterilise my tools, as patient won't let me"? I didn't, but I heard, multiple times, "Business won't let us add unit tests." Let's discuss how real this phrase is. Is it about business or about ourselves trying to run away from accountability?

Architecture Weekly
Apr 28, 2025 at 9:23amWeb
Show threadAshley WalkerApr 28, 2025
@oskardudycz the other varient of this I come across a fair bit is: the client didn't ask for it. Or, it wasn't part of the requirements.
Show threadOskar Dudycz 🇺🇦✊Apr 28, 2025
@SkywalkerIsNull yup, that's indeed in the same spirit of doing only what we're comfortable with and feeling that "we know better".