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		yarg on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software effort estimation is mostly fake research I always overestimated because it was the only way that I could ever devote anytime at all to technical debt reduction.

BurningFrog on Jan 19, 2021 [–]

I'd say you're including necessary maintenance in your estimates, not overestimating!

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