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TL;DR: Maintenance is not the same thing as fixing bugs. Only a fifth of it is about defects at all. Software often works because of work you can't see. So you can't wait for incidents to tell you what to fix. Where…

3 points•vcoisne•6 days ago•1 comment•
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treetalker6 days ago
For similar ideas (not specific to software), check out Stewart Brand's book Maintenance of Everything.

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