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by composer 2670 days ago
ReRe's Law of Repetition and Redundancy [2] seems appropriate here:

  A programmer can accurately estimate the schedule for only the repeated and the redundant. Yet,

  A programmer's job is to automate the repeated and the redundant. Thus,

  A programmer delivering to an estimated or predictable schedule is...

  Not doing their job (or is redundant).
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12150889