Let's talk it over.
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The trick is to understand the yabbit as being about *external* software quality, not *internal* software quality.
Just as the answer with ESQ is "generally, yes", the answer with ISQ is "generally, no".
It's because lowering ESQ makes some things easier, but lowering ISQ makes all things harder.
Think about how you'd alter any of these three things.
You can change the problem domain, but such changes are usually paradigm shifts, with years in the making.
You can change the skill level of your team, but that's not going to get you to market faster right now, it's more like a capital investment.
The third largest term, the easiest one for us to change, is exactly what we mean by ISQ. And that's why we can't trade it away for more productivity. They're directly correlated.
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No we won't.
There are real reasons why, but you know what, I'm not even going to bother.
We won't.
But ISQ is the third largest term in my productivity equation. Trash my ISQ and *everything* I do is slower.
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