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Hofstatder's law: It always takes longer than you think, even after accounting for Hofstatder's law.
by commandlinefan 7y ago
Hofstatder's law: It always takes longer than you think, even after accounting for Hofstatder's law.
- distant_hat 7y agoThe nice part is the recursion in the way this law is formulated.
- lixtra 7y agoIt’s fun, but it’s not true. Some projects finish in time when planned with a large margin of safety.
- jacques_chester 7y agoIn defense of Hofstadter's Law: it's about perception more than actual outcomes. And it doesn't predict infinite time. It can be converging to a limit, just that the limit is higher than expected.
- denton-scratch 7y agoIt always takes 10% more than the developer's estimate, even if he added 10%. (I say 10%, but my estimates are usually 100% under, even if I added 100%)