Taking security out of scope, the only time a quick hack is justified is when it is quickly followed up later with the "correct/clean" solution and documented at the initial implementation. Otherwise it sits in production and tech debt is continually built on top of it.
So in my opinion it's justified if it's going to be removed 😉
Came here to say exactly this. If it's an issue in production and time is of the essence, then yes. Bring the crisis down to a problem, and deal with the problem, I say 😁
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Taking security out of scope, the only time a quick hack is justified is when it is quickly followed up later with the "correct/clean" solution and documented at the initial implementation. Otherwise it sits in production and tech debt is continually built on top of it.
So in my opinion it's justified if it's going to be removed 😉
Came here to say exactly this. If it's an issue in production and time is of the essence, then yes. Bring the crisis down to a problem, and deal with the problem, I say 😁