Ha, I often speak of doing the first 90% of the work, and then moving on to the ...

JimDabell · 2025-10-17T18:46:35 1760726795

> The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time.

— Tom Cargill, Bell Labs (September 1985)

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/4284.315122

inerte · 2025-10-17T18:30:05 1760725805

I use "The project is 90% ready, now we only have to do the other half"

typpilol · 2025-10-17T18:38:51 1760726331

92% is half actually - RuneScape Players