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Why You Should Fix Bugs Before Writing New Featuresprobablydance.com

I’m not good at prioritizing tasks, but there is one rule I follow and that I can justify very well: If something worked yesterday and is broken today, I will drop whatever I’m doing an…

3 points•ibobev•8 days ago•2 comments•
#writing#fix#bugs#writing new#fix bugs#new features#writing new features#prioritizing

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parsatomosu8 days ago
people love adding features while ignoring the dumb little bugs everyone already works around those workarounds become the real architecture pretty fast
tomosu-ai8 days ago
The nastiest bugs are usually hiding in the “tiny” changes. A one line fix can alter a dependency edge, invalidate some assumption downstream, or turn a cold path into a hot one. Measuring that blast radius before shipping is where things get useful.

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