Boyds Law of Iteration

Speed of iteration beats quality of iteration

In programming (and most other endeavors) getting near continuos feedback is the best way to move fast, learn fast and output. This article on codinghorror reiterates an analogy from air combat. In short:

• MiG-15 aircraft had better maneuverability than F-86 but still lost in fights.
• F-86 had hydraulic controls that reacted faster and gave faster cycles of Observing, Orienting, Planning, and Acting
• Faster cycles were far more important than the better observability from the MiG or the better acting possible.

How

• Robust, realistic and fast test environments - can't move fast if I can't test fast
• Automated build and release
• Version control and easy rollback