# Finding Balance Between Code Quality and Shipping Useful Features

DevFeed: [Finding Balance Between Code Quality and Shipping Useful Features](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/finding-balance-34898.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://frontendfocus.substack.com/p/finding-balance>)

Author: Mads Brodt

Published: 2024-09-11T15:00:48Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front-End Focus](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-end-focus.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that front-end developers should balance code quality, performance, flexibility, and reuse with the need to ship useful features. It recommends prioritizing users' goals and adjusting engineering trade-offs to the scale and audience of a project.

## Source excerpt

When I first started coding, I wanted everything to be perfect.