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Re:I hate almost all software by NotYourLawyer on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:15PM (#36222003)
If mostly doesn’t work. There are constant bugs.

It just barely hangs together enough to sort of function most of the time.

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Re:I hate almost all software by vkou on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:20PM (#36222045)
What you're seeing is the result of survivorship bias. Software that doesn't mostly work doesn't get used.

Software that fully works is too expensive to build.

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Re:I hate almost all software by justin_oaks on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:52PM (#36222285)
I'm not saying there isn't crappy software. Sturgeon's Law [1] says "90% of everything is crap". That applies as much to software as anything else.

I'm just saying the remaining 10% can be pretty impressive considering the complexity and cruft developers deal with to make it.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law

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