Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick any two – the essential mantra of any software engineer.
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Grant Hutchinson says:
Added on June 12th, 2004 at 10:58 pmThe head of our IT department has signed his email with the following line ever since I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him:
‘Prompt, courteous, helpful. Pick any two.’
And dammit, if the shoe doesn’t fit.