It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code

Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by pif on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:32AM (#36747433)

> It sucks when you say it like the title: "6 days to change 1 line of code"

Which just states the fact.

> The system improved in a few other ways

Which were not required.

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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by bsuvc on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:36AM (#36747488)

I think I agree with you, but to play devil's advocate:

> Which were not required

Sure they were not required by Ed, but they were required by other stakeholders who are responsible for testing and maintaining this system.

I agree though, it would be frustrating to get into this sort of "yak shaving" situation where you don't even care about all these other requirements that are being added.

Like I said in a sibling comment, this is really more of a communication problem on Ed's part, and maybe he could have neutralized all these problems with better communication.

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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by idlewords on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:38AM (#36748204)

Sounds like Philip should have laid off a few people in IT management.

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