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cleandreamstoday at 5:49 AM2 repliesview on HN

The prospect of going the last mile to fix the remaining problems reminds me of the old joke:

"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."


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travisgriggstoday at 6:08 AM

I’ve always heard/repeated it as: “The first 90% is easy, it’s the second 90% that gets you. No one’s willing to talk about the third 90%.”

IhateAItoday at 6:26 AM

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