Programming principles that work in real life - Slow down to speed up
Summary
- Slowing down and doing the job correctly the first time, taking time to plan, communicate and design well ends up with doing the work faster.
Details
- Slow down and think ahead
- In training for a marathon, slowing down allows us to run farther, which in turn allows us to get stronger and run faster. slow down to speed up.
- Doing it wrong initially, or being exhausted while doing the job initially will eventually lead to doing the work over and taking longer to do it.
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- lessons from running