It’s the maintenance, stupid! (or: Something is rotten in developerland.)

Most people – even the overwhelming majority of programmers – would say that the main activity of a software developer is “writing source code”. But this is a (though quite understandable) misconception – and if you take a look at the available figures on the issue or if you – as a software professional – are honest to yourself, the misconception immediately turns out to be an enormous one.

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