On: Design early. Earlier than that.

[powrtoch]

Whenever I read a blog post like this, my reaction is "can't we just agree that both are crucial and have that be our answer?"

Even if one day someone establishes a sound mathematical proof that design is more important that engineering or vice versa, what will we have gained from that? Reminds me of the joke about the most important organ in the body...

[jm3 → powrtoch]

I used to think the brain was the most important organ in the body.

Then I thought, look what's telling me that.

(emo philips)

[swombat → powrtoch]

What's the joke?

[metageek → swombat]

Something like "the one that just failed".