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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by Clubber on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:12AM (#38189352)
"I want you to build a document management system, how long will that take?"

Uhhhhhhhhhhh....

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by saalweachter on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:55AM (#38189744)
"It will take me X weeks... to come up with a reasonably accurate estimate."
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:03AM (#38189811)
It will take 2 months to gather the actual requirements and be able to do an estimate.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by wheresthebeef on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:40AM (#38190137)
This guy consults.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by rawgabbit on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:52AM (#38193153)
From my experience, the two months of gathering requirements will be more valuable than developing something from zero requirements. Whatever you code with always be "wrong" because with zero requirements there is nothing to test against.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by baq on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:05AM (#38189826)
the correct answer is 'yes'
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by speed_spread on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:10AM (#38189859)
Fork an existing one, slap your name and logo on it. 2 points.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by locustmostest on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:15AM (#38189901)
Exactly. We'd love it if more people did that with our document management system. (https://github.com/formkiq/formkiq-core)
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by Izkata on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:49AM (#38192080)
"This is git. Have fun!"
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