--- title: (comic) good fast cheap | daily.dev description: A comic illustrating the classic project management triangle: you can have good quality, fast delivery, or cheap cost, but you can only pick two. The comic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: (comic) good fast cheap | daily.dev og:description: A comic illustrating the classic project management triangle: you can have good quality, fast delivery, or cheap cost, but you can only pick two. The comic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MYFdYwFGo.png og:image:alt: (comic) good fast cheap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # (comic) good fast cheap **[Work Chronicles](https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles)** · 1 min read · 56 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A comic illustrating the classic project management triangle: you can have good quality, fast delivery, or cheap cost, but you can only pick two. The comic humorously depicts the common client expectation of wanting all three simultaneously, a familiar challenge in software development and consulting work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [\(comic\) When You Get a Chance](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-when-you-get-a-chance-7zalgacrs) · Work Chronicles · 45 upvotes · 0 comments - [\(comic\) Build my feature next](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-build-my-feature-next-sf4cii5ny) · Work Chronicles · 17 upvotes · 2 comments - [\(comic\) The estimate game](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-the-estimate-game-kzduqekrx) · Work Chronicles · 20 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"(comic) good fast cheap","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo"},"datePublished":"2025-10-21T16:20:22.986Z","dateModified":"2025-10-21T16:21:07.152Z","description":"A comic illustrating the classic project management triangle: you can have good quality, fast delivery, or cheap cost, but you can only pick two. The comic...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f34d4ffaa47fd044b0d41a58016c4469?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f34d4ffaa47fd044b0d41a58016c4469?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Work Chronicles","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Work Chronicles","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--V5O-tAlc--/f_auto/v1714799471/logos/workchronicles","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-good-fast-cheap-myfdywfgo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":56},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"project-management","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Work Chronicles","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"(comic) good fast cheap"}]} ```