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Yeah, software seems to frequently follow Parkinson's Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.[1] Corollary: software expands to
by TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
Yeah, software seems to frequently follow Parkinson's Law:
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.[1]
Corollary: software expands to fill the available resources.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law
- andai 6y agoSee also: Wirth's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law from A Plea for Lean Software (1995) https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoNeat. I wasn't aware of that one.