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thundergolferyesterday at 4:11 AM1 replyview on HN

This is the 'Zero Defects'[1] mode of development. A Microsoft department adopted it in 1989 after their product quality dropped. (Balmer is cc'd on the memo.)

1. https://sriramk.com/memos/zerodef.pdf


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waste_monkyesterday at 4:22 AM

As opposed to the current 100% defects approach they seem to have adopted.

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