Minimalism – An undervalued development skill

Re:Minimalism – An undervalued development skill by user_50123890 on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @10:45AM (#21872728)

AKA "The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time."

—Tom Cargill, Bell Labs

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Re:Minimalism – An undervalued development skill by jzelinskie on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:13PM (#21874593)

Is this the original version of this quote? I’ve both repeated and heard it many different ways. Most often “the first and last 80%s”.

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