Why Cheap Software Always Becomes Expensive
Short-term savings are just delayed costs with interest.
Every client says they want:
- > quality
- > reliability
- > scalability
Until they see the invoice.
Then the conversation changes.
["It's just a simple app"]
There is no such thing.
What people call "simple" usually hides:
- > undefined requirements
- > unclear ownership
- > unspoken expectations
- > future expansion they haven't admitted yet
Simplicity is not the absence of complexity.
It is complexity that has been consciously managed.
That takes time.
And thinking.
And experience.
[What you are actually paying for]
You are not paying for code.
You are paying for:
- > decisions made early
- > mistakes avoided
- > constraints applied correctly
- > problems that never happen
The cheapest solution is often the one that creates the most follow-up work.
[The long tail of bad decisions]
Cheap software produces:
- > rewrites instead of extensions
- > patches instead of fixes
- > workarounds instead of solutions
- > stress instead of confidence
Eventually, someone has to untangle it.
That work is never cheap.
[A hard truth]
If a system depends on constant firefighting to stay alive,
it was never designed properly.
Good systems are calm.
They don't need heroics.
They don't rely on memory.
They don't collapse under normal usage.
Cheap software is expensive because it transfers responsibility from the system to the people using it.
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