Random realities of programming

"Projects will take either 3 times as long or 10 time as long - which is exactly the time it takes you to become disinterested, and interested in your next project."<p>In the forward to the 1995 version of the Mythical Man-Month, Fred Brooks talks about the axes of expanding a software program. On one axis you go from a program to a "programming product", and that takes 3x effort. On the other axis you turn a program into a "programming system" and that takes also takes 3x effort. To go from a "program" to a "programming system product" takes 9x effort.<p>So I was struck by how close the numbers were.

#6. Oh the shame.<p>Mine's called "support" (.pm, .c, .py etc)

8) Software is never finished. It is abandoned. ~Corey Sanders

I am glad to see I am not the only one constantly confusing useradd and adduser.

package util, we meet again.<p>I've created and killed one of those in the past 48 hours. "It's never a good idea," I said on Wednesday. "Well, maybe this time," I said on Thursday. "No, it's never a good idea," I decided on Friday.<p>At least I come to my senses <i>quickly</i> these days.