Evidence-Based Practice vs Ad Hoc Development
Developers should learn and use Evidence-Based Practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies meets developers might use ad hoc development in emergency situations, such as fixing critical bugs under tight deadlines, prototyping ideas rapidly, or handling one-off tasks that don't justify a full development cycle. Here's our take.
Evidence-Based Practice
Developers should learn and use Evidence-Based Practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies
Evidence-Based Practice
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and use Evidence-Based Practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies
Pros
- +It is particularly valuable in contexts like healthcare software, financial systems, or large-scale enterprise applications, where reliability and performance are critical, and in agile or DevOps environments to optimize workflows based on data-driven insights
- +Related to: agile-methodology, devops
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Ad Hoc Development
Developers might use ad hoc development in emergency situations, such as fixing critical bugs under tight deadlines, prototyping ideas rapidly, or handling one-off tasks that don't justify a full development cycle
Pros
- +It's useful for quick problem-solving in environments like startups, hackathons, or when dealing with legacy systems where formal processes are impractical
- +Related to: rapid-prototyping, debugging
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Evidence-Based Practice if: You want it is particularly valuable in contexts like healthcare software, financial systems, or large-scale enterprise applications, where reliability and performance are critical, and in agile or devops environments to optimize workflows based on data-driven insights and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Ad Hoc Development if: You prioritize it's useful for quick problem-solving in environments like startups, hackathons, or when dealing with legacy systems where formal processes are impractical over what Evidence-Based Practice offers.
Developers should learn and use Evidence-Based Practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies
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