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Nikhil Taneja • Edited

So you like to research into different tools and techniques and come up with the best approach?. Done doesn't mean you introduce bugs, QA is must. Tech debts I can agree can grow and takes time to do refactoring.
I have seen project evolving from just a very simple CRUD into a highly configurable complex business critical logic as the requirements increased.

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Brian Richardson

Yes, I spend a good deal of my personal time doing research on tools and techniques. In addition to learning from mentors, talking to colleagues and keeping up with trends.

I try not to be a perfectionist, for practical reasons. But after that experience, I don't want to do things like that any more. Experience is a great motivator to do better :)

When I started working on this software, it was already a pretty complex beast. The company has grown since then, and the number of users has gone up considerably. The complexity creating by moving to a distributed system alone was a significant hurdle to get over and as you say, the business requirements are constantly evolving. But, as a result of this experience, we introduced a proper DevOps and improved our QA processes.