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title: Why we all sell code with bugs
date: "2006-05-26T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 306
description: I reflect on why software is sold with bugs, noting that every fix risks introducing new errors. This challenges the assumption that code only improves with work, highlighting the accidental nature of regressions in the development process.
tags: [software-quality, software-engineering]
---

[Why we all sell code with bugs](http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1781895,00.html).

> All the reasons are tied up in one truth: every time you fix a bug, you risk introducing another. Don't we all start out with the belief that software only gets better as we work on it? Nobody on our team intentionally creates new bugs. Yet we have done accidentally.