Stubborn people like me keep doing the right thing, but the fact is that there are kudos and recognition for implementing a new feature. There is nothing for keeping servers from crashing, and only a little for reducing server count if you wait for things to get bad first.
The problem with doing things right the first time is nobody appreciates how hard it was. And you will sometimes get questioned about your loyalty and your competence to do the job.
Stubborn people like me keep doing the right thing, but the fact is that there are kudos and recognition for implementing a new feature. There is nothing for keeping servers from crashing, and only a little for reducing server count if you wait for things to get bad first.
The problem with doing things right the first time is nobody appreciates how hard it was. And you will sometimes get questioned about your loyalty and your competence to do the job.