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Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges.

Drawn from what Thorsten Ball said

Subjectdeveloper tools

Mental modelsEverything decays without maintenance, Leaky abstractions

What Thorsten Ball actually said

  1. Thorsten Ball Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast
    Another thing that needs to be fixed when it ultimately breaks down, another bit of automation that works 99% of the time, but starts making funny noises when you slip into the 1%

    Where this was said

    ↗But does it help you ship?thorstenball.com

    25 Aug 2020

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