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by sooheon 2197 days ago
A poor library choice or two is not even 1% of the systemic dependencies any system has if it's working at a reasonable level of abstraction.

> "not give up and say we can’t get better"

Not sure why you feel the need to state this straw man? That is not my opinion, nor do I think it is the GP's.

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It was not a counter argument to anything per se. Just pointing out that even with episodes of failed estimates, there is reason to continue estimating.