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

1 points by PiersonMarks 2 years ago · 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!

syndicatedjelly 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

Fatigue

dylanhassinger 2 years ago

bike shedding

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