"I would estimate that writing the initial code for a feature is about 25% of the total work involved for that feature. The rest is maintenance..."
"... some developers seem perfectly capable of writing a large amount of complex code, but appear to have little appreciation for maintenance considerations."
Excellent blog post on the true cost of software maintenance.
https://www.construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys-blog-2/reality-long-term-software-1892
#FOSS #opensource #maintenance
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