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For the record, I don’t buy that either. I can fix a bug in our webapp in a minute after it’s found, and have done that many times. Why do you believe the cost rises, anyway?
For the record, cousin_it was entirely right to be wary of the rising-cost-of-defects claim. I believed it was well supported by evidence, but I’ve since changed my mind.
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For the record, cousin_it was entirely right to be wary of the rising-cost-of-defects claim. I believed it was well supported by evidence, but I’ve since changed my mind.