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0 pointsstarpilot6y ago0 comments

The problem is edge cases take a shitload of work via pareto principle. And if your company is small, edge cases can be ignored because they affect 1-2 users. When you're serving millions, those are thousands of users. You might be the only entity in that industry at that scale and have to custom build everything.

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zentiggr6y ago

I remember hearing the variant that ran "The first 20% of the program takes 80% of the time, the remaining 80% takes the other 80%."

throwaway555546y ago

Edge cases? Medical software is loaded with them.

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zentiggr6y ago

I remember hearing the variant that ran "The first 20% of the program takes 80% of the time, the remaining 80% takes the other 80%."

throwaway555546y ago

Edge cases? Medical software is loaded with them.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse