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		rawgabbit 12 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I estimate work The most important part of the article is ”I gather as much political context as possible before I even look at the code.”

dfunckt 12 hours ago [–]

Exactly. The principle to go by for estimates is finding a balance between time/scope/cost, and figuring out which aspects of the context affect which dimension is the first step.

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