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Joel_Mckaytoday at 6:54 PM1 replyview on HN

Corollary: if software requires constant revisions it didn't actually cover the initial problem scope, and degenerated into a high-latency service state-machine powered by coders. =3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect


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mezyttoday at 7:39 PM

Makes sense for small tool like ls, and doesn't for things that are actually complex like the python language or sqlite.

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