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		BurningFrog on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Sr Engineer This is my extreme counter example: What is better (A) a compiled bug free binary, or (B) well written source code that has a few bugs? If you want to keep developing the software, the answer will always be (B).

jeffreygoesto on May 30, 2021 [–]

This is not generally true, but strongly depends on the domain.

BurningFrog on May 31, 2021 | [–]

I which domains is it practical to add features to software you don't have source code for?

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