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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time.
--Tom Cargill

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Think you meant to say "for the first 10% there"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, I think that's correct

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's 180%

It should be 90% takes 10% and the last 10% takes the remaining 90%

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think what Cargill is saying is that the last 10% of the code takes as much effort as the first 90%. And he is humorously referring to all the overtime people have to put in to get things done on time. That's why it adds to 180%.