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		guappa on Nov 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about s... It will take 2 months to gather the actual requirements and be able to do an estimate.

wheresthebeef on Nov 8, 2023 [–]

This guy consults.

rawgabbit on Nov 8, 2023 | [–]

From my experience, the two months of gathering requirements will be more valuable than developing something from zero requirements. Whatever you code with always be "wrong" because with zero requirements there is nothing to test against.

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