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Ask HN: Name for the "Law" that bigger PRs have fewer bugs?

1 points by PiersonMarks · 5 comments · 1 min read


Is there a name for the law in software engineering where the larger the pull request is, the fewer bugs that are found?

Submit a 10 line PR -> ten bugs.

Submit a 1000 line PR -> zero bugs and a lgtm!

3 threads
syndicatedjelly

how about gish gallop PR? “Gish gallop” refers to the act of rapidly spewing many arguments so as to overwhelm the opponent, who cannot possibly respond to all of them

quantified

Fatigue

dylanhassinger

bike shedding

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