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Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software

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Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> writes:

> I've been working on a fairly sophisticated piece of software for the
> past 10 months. Right now I managed to get the core technology to
> work. But there seems to be two classes of bugs that have arisen.
>
> The first is your typical "it doesn't work under certain conditions
> yet."
>
> The second is a derivative of the first. By this I mean the bug
> transfers my radio signal from standby to full power. This results in
> more power being consumed on the circuit board. Also, under some
> circumstances, it will also increase the amount of data that is sent
> to and from a socket.
>
> So the question becomes, should I attempt to fix the second part
> before I move on? Because as it stands, this second part won't
> actually bring the software side to a screeching halt.

You should correct all defects in your sources as soon as you detect
them!

The longer you wait correcting defects, the more time consuming it
becomes to correct them.

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people.

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A question about building a large and complex piece of software Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-06-08 16:47 -0700
  Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> - 2018-06-09 08:11 +0200
    Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> - 2018-06-09 08:33 +0200
      Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 07:59 -0700
        Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> - 2018-06-10 20:21 +0200
        Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-12 06:46 -0700
          Re: A question about building a large and complex piece of software Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-06-13 06:45 -0700

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