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by latexr 498 days ago
From “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”:

> # 3 “Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow.” (Fred Brooks, “The Mythical Man-Month”, Chapter 11)

> Or, to put it another way, you often don’t really understand the problem until after the first time you implement a solution. The second time, maybe you know enough to do it right. So if you want to get it right, be ready to start over at least once.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar