Ask HN: Name for the "Law" that bigger PRs have fewer bugs?

1 pointsPiersonMarks2y ago5 comments

Is there a name for the law in software engineering where the larger the pull request is, the fewer bugs that are found?

Submit a 10 line PR -> ten bugs.

Submit a 1000 line PR -> zero bugs and a lgtm!

5 comments

syndicatedjelly2y ago

how about gish gallop PR? “Gish gallop” refers to the act of rapidly spewing many arguments so as to overwhelm the opponent, who cannot possibly respond to all of them

PiersonMarksOP2y ago

sounds like US politics! :)

syndicatedjelly2y ago

Close, it was named after an American creationist!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

quantified2y ago

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Ask HN: Name for the "Law" that bigger PRs have fewer bugs?

1 pointsPiersonMarks2y ago5 comments

Is there a name for the law in software engineering where the larger the pull request is, the fewer bugs that are found?

Submit a 10 line PR -> ten bugs.

Submit a 1000 line PR -> zero bugs and a lgtm!

5 comments

syndicatedjelly2y ago

how about gish gallop PR? “Gish gallop” refers to the act of rapidly spewing many arguments so as to overwhelm the opponent, who cannot possibly respond to all of them

PiersonMarksOP2y ago

sounds like US politics! :)

syndicatedjelly2y ago

Close, it was named after an American creationist!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

quantified2y ago

Fatigue

dylanhassinger2y ago

bike shedding

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse