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tonyedgecombe 36 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking

I remember decades ago IBM published some research that said that every two bug fixes resulted in a new bug.

budman1 35 days ago [–]

As long as the first derivative is negative, you can finish with a usable product.

If the first derivative is positive, adding people does not help.

tonyedgecombe 34 days ago | [–]

Yes, it just means your bug queue is twice as long as you think it is.

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