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I've seen people estimate two days of work for a manual headline content update on a mature code base they know.

No new tests, no new design, no new implementation. Literally just a single word swapped.

Turns out the engineerinng team had uncertainty with the new testing framework that was mandated, and rather than document it they blew up their velocity.

This approach bites back. When work isn't understood, people on the outside disrespect the workers.



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