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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by mtmail on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:06AM (#37705349)
If I recall it just means they'd only give you 1% of their production data, or even just fake data for you to work with. They'll deploy your code but you won't have access to real customer data. I've seen this with health related data (similar to HIPPAA).
Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by codingclaws on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:10AM (#37705408)
I mean, who calls using test data fractal programming?
Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by mtmail on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:19AM (#37705540)
Yeah, sounds like a made-up term a book author would choose to redefine something that already exists.