[xkcd] Good Code (7 Jan 2011)

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How to write good code.
[10.] Start Project. [Go to 20.]

[20.] Do things right or do them fast?
Fast [Go to 30.]
Right [Go to 40.]

[30.] Code fast. [Go to 35.]

[35.] Does it work yet? 
No [Go to 30.]
Almost, but it's become a mass of kludges and spaghetti code. [Go to 50.]

[40.] Code well. [Go to 45.]

[45.] Are you done yet?
No. [Go to 40.]
No, and the requirements have changed. [Go to 50.]

[50.] Throw it all out and start over. [Go to 10.]

[60.] ? [Go to 70.]

[70.] Good code.