← Graph

Hyrum's Law

concept 1 connections

Adage invoked in the talk: the way a system actually works is the specification, regardless of what the documentation says. As soon as V1 has real users, V2's 'correctness' is no longer the judge — any observable behavior someone depends on becomes part of the contract. Wójtowicz brings it up while discussing the stuck-on-V1 customer and why the decision to release V1 should already consider whether you can live with it forever.

category
pattern
about
Hyrum's Law concept
Invoked when arguing V1 observable behavior becomes the real contract.

Provenance

Read by
2 extractions