A Programmer's Enthusiasm

One month later, the specs have been changed 30 times..

I do what I call "I Toadaso Coding". I propose a strategy for a feature that is flexible and will save us time in the future. Get overruled in favor of quick and dirty implementation to meet an arbitrary deadline. A month later, spend twice as much time implementing my the original proposal because of a nuance the other method didn't consider. I'm not one to say I Toadaso, but I Toadaso.