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> The code will deteriorate in one way or another. You need to prepare to fix it since you can't avoid it. Lehman's laws of software evolution 1 and 2: "A sys
by kqr 5y ago
> The code will deteriorate in one way or another. You need to prepare to fix it since you can't avoid it.
Lehman's laws of software evolution 1 and 2:
"A system must be continually adapted or it becomes progressively less satisfactory. As a system evolves, its complexity increases unless work is done to maintain or reduce it."
- bmitc 5y agoThank you for introducing me to Lehman's laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_ev... https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/education/SE-Intro/lehman.pdf https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/education/SE-Intro/lehma... http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/work/papers/feast1.pdf http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/work/papers/feast1.pdf