The Perils of Short-Sighted Agile: Building for Today, Crumbling Tomorrow Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, promised a revolution in software development. Faster iteration, increased collaboration, and a greater ability to adapt to changing requirements – the benefits seemed undeniable. However, a concerning trend has emerged: a perversion of agile principles that prioritizes immediate gratification over long-term sustainability, leading to fragile, unmaintainable systems. We’re in danger of building software that crumbles under its own weight. The core problem lies in the misinterpretation of agility as a license for ad-hoc development. Agile is not about throwing design out the window and churning out code as quickly as possible. It's about intelligently applying established software engineering principles – principles learned over years of building robust and scalable systems – within a flexible and iterative framework. Reinventing the wheel with every sprint, or worse,...