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> Bugs approximately follow a heavy-tailed distribution

What's your data on this? In my experience, bug fixing time has been surprisingly thin-tailed. (High variation, yes, but not subexponential.)

My experience here is also mirrored by Avery Pennarun, who observes that "every bug is the same size": https://apenwarr.ca/log/20171213



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