the Linux process for generating many rare flaws

the Linux process for generating many rare flaws

Posted Jul 30, 2008 17:01 UTC (Wed) by mcortese (guest, #52099)
In reply to: the Linux process for generating many rare flaws by zooko
Parent article: Quotes of the week

In general, I have the suspicion that any development process that emphasizes producing code quickly in Step 1, and then QA'ing it later in Step 2, is likely to add subtle rare bugs, as contrasted with more "integrated" development process in which specific techniques intended to prevent subtle rare bugs are part of Step 1.

What you say is called "First Time Quality" by lean production specialists. They, like you, seem pretty sure that doing it right the first time is better than doing it quickly and then refining it later.

I've been looking for a proof of that for a long time, but to date with no success.

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