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Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
This recursive observation captures our persistent optimism bias in software estimation.
Even when we try to account for underestimating, we still underestimate. We factor in buffer, but not enough buffer for things we didn't think to buffer for.
Sitting at just under 1700 lines of code, I have now implemented all the features I wanted to for an mvp (managing multiple accounts, accepting followers, posting, liking, tracking likes/shares, rss, and a simple web interface)
Next steps:
- a little more functionality testing - a round of review/refactor - open source it - setup an instance for some org accounts to migrate to
The Associated Press has also reported that the estimates given by Trump's team are inflated.
"But attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade. There were large gaps between viewers near the Washington Monument on a day when steamy weather and the threat of thunderstorms could have dampened turnout."