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# Move fast and make things better
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/move-fast-and-make-things-better/
- Published: 2019-06-18T20:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-08T20:24:22.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: Tradition, Devops, Agile, Testing

I much prefer the saying *move fast and make things better* over *move fast and break things*. The latter might be more popular but the former is more realistic.

Moving fast (software agility) used to be a business advantage but now, at least for any service business, it’s mostly a requirement. Fast implies some things might “break” and while that’s part of the process **it should never be our aim**. (We should have flexible systems in place to help us quickly identify and fix those “breaks”. Moreover a DevOps culture can help us improve stability so “breaks” are less severe.)

![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/move_fast_and_break_things.png)

A more realistic mission should be to solve our customers problems and do so in a way that continually improves. Where failure doesn’t mean we stop but rather we iterate until it’s right. This way we solve the customers problems while being able a benefit to our business.

Now let’s go **move fast and make things better**!!