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damnitbuildsyesterday at 5:07 PM1 replyview on HN

"review is a recurring cost which you pay on every new PR, whereas writing code is a cost you pay once."

Huh ? Every new PR is new code which is a new cost ?


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swiftcoderyesterday at 6:38 PM

> Every new PR is new code which is a new cost ?

Every new PR interacts with existing code, and the complexity of those interactions increases steadily over time