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"No, it's less effort than that"

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388 points replyifuagree | 1 comments | 21 Oct 23 04:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | source
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paulsutter ◴[21 Oct 23 10:34 UTC] No.37965627[source]▶
The only magic wand in software development is to simplify requirements. The requirements are always wrong: too broad, too vague, based on invalid assumptions

The real genius is to propose a simplified solution, by discarding some assumptions. This is the best and only way to shrink the schedule

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1. marginalia_nu ◴[21 Oct 23 13:49 UTC] No.37966768[source]▶
Yes. I very much agree. Not only are most software bugs actually requirements bugs, the speed you can build software with good requirements is absolutely bonkers.

I've seen a project go from an empty repo to production in two months with a set of requirements that were completely unambiguous and rock solid. I've also seen ambiguous and vacillating requirements drag out the implementation a ~30 LOC feature for months.