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by halfcat 549 days ago
> It's a ratio of inputs to outputs.. even in the example the inputs and outputs are measurable.

But reality is never that clear cut. How’s the ratio look when:

- Peter goes to the park and the breakthrough doesn’t come?

- Or it comes 3 weeks later?

- Or he deletes 100 lines of code and introduces a new bug?