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monkpityesterday at 3:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

And what percentage of the software in the world needs to come close to human-quality code? I’d argue the percentage of the whole is VERY low.


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regularfryyesterday at 7:17 AM

The whole point is that if you don't maintain high quality, any software will degrade to the point where the factory breaks. "Human-quality" here isn't quite the right measure because human software factories also bog down in exactly this way.

skydhashyesterday at 11:02 AM

I’d say all of them. Most people use computers as tools or as entertainment platforms. While a bug may not be life threatening in most cases, it is annoying and stress generating.