Quick…what is the number one source of bugs?
My answer is “duplication”.
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It's not a technical issue...
It's poor communication between developers and business users.
It's not a technical issue...
No - that leads to requirements being wrong for the business. The code can still be 100% bug free with reference to those requirements. Bugs are a purely technical issue, they are about failure to meet requirements.
Your fingers
Typos
Any maybe not just the wrong keystroke by accident, but also by design - when the same words/phrases are used throughout code and get mixed up.
Tyler
Programers
Definitely programmers.
cut-and-paste
Evil, pure and simple, from the 8th dimension.
Customers
If they didn't actually use the software,
they wouldn't find any new bugs.
Here's to "shelfware"...
my favourite bug source
pressure of time!