• aluminiumsandworm@kbin.social
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        oh, no, it’s far worse than that. the last 90% is enough time to make what you thought was the first 90% become 10%.

        so 0.9*expected time = 0.1* actual time

        which, if you can do some very basic algebra, results in 900%. this implies that every project will seem “almost done” for about 9x the length of time you thought the project would take. in my experience, this is roughly correct

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          As someone who has been working on a “almost done” Task for 2 years I can confirm.

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      I also heard (and used) it as a mix of both: “the last 20% take as long as the first 80%”

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    I mean, it makes sense, 90% of the code is probably relatively easy while the 10% is intricate

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      Embedded dev: basic OS functions not so bad.

      Task switcher and interrupt code, short but painfully difficult to write correctly.