--- title: The Great Software Regress: How "Move Fast and Break... description: A frustrated rant about the decline of software quality, blaming agile sprint culture and the 'move fast and break things' mentality for regressions, broken... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-great-software-regress-how-move-fast-and-break-things-broke-our-lives-rxxg1yvqd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Great Software Regress: How "Move Fast and Break Things" Broke Our Lives | daily.dev og:description: A frustrated rant about the decline of software quality, blaming agile sprint culture and the 'move fast and break things' mentality for regressions, broken... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-great-software-regress-how-move-fast-and-break-things-broke-our-lives-rxxg1yvqd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RXxg1yvQD.png og:image:alt: The Great Software Regress: How "Move Fast and Break Things" Broke Our Lives 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. # The Great Software Regress: How "Move Fast and Break Things" Broke Our Lives **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A frustrated rant about the decline of software quality, blaming agile sprint culture and the 'move fast and break things' mentality for regressions, broken updates, and poor user experiences. Uses a MINI Countryman car update that broke Android Auto as a jumping-off point to criticize rapid deployment practices, compliance frameworks like Cyber Essentials Plus, and the endless update treadmill. Also touches on Microsoft's K2 Initiative as evidence that even major vendors are struggling with their own bloated codebases. Ends with a call to demand quality over speed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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