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0 points_heimdall1y ago0 comments

If gross sales is literally the only important metric in software engineering we've already failed.

Though on the cost side security breaches can be expensive, as can the endless task of updates and maintenance required for a live server. Live servers can also be a scaling bottleneck, often that isn't too important but it would be for anything that is highly seasonal or has large spikes of use during Black Friday events or similar.

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closewith1y ago· 2 in thread

> If gross sales is literally the only important metric in software engineering we've already failed.

It literally is the only important metric is commercial software development. Not sure how you could delude yourself into thinking otherwise.

_heimdallOP1y ago

Context matters, you've boiled it down way too far. Gross sales is a primary metric for the business, that isn't necessarily and shouldn't be a primary goal for the engineers building the software.

closewith1y ago

Context does matter, and you're missing the forest for the trees. It's native to think there's any other metric that matters.

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