Writing hacks and throw-away stopgap solutions is generally a bad idea in reality. The only time when it can actually be allowed is when it it concerns a feature that is a pure leaf in the system with nothing else built on top of it. If you violate this rule and build other features on top of shortcuts, two things will inevitably happen: you will have to replace the shortcut with a proper solution eventually (it is only a matter of time) and by the time this happens, the assumptions underlying the shortcut have implicitly been taken on by the code depending on it. This means that you will have to review and replace a lot of dependent code as well.
I have gone through that dance often enough. It ends up being more time consuming than doing it right in the first place each and every time.
I have gone through that dance often enough. It ends up being more time consuming than doing it right in the first place each and every time.