[HN Gopher] The False Summit - When 90% done becomes 50%
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       The False Summit - When 90% done becomes 50%
        
       Author : jermaustin1
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2025-02-27 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | leetrout wrote:
       | Hey jermaustin1 looks like this brought your site down and it's
       | not indexed / cached in google or archive.org.
       | Could not connect to any servers in your MongoDB Atlas cluster.
       | One common reason is that you're trying to access the database
       | from an IP that isn't whitelisted. Make sure your current IP
       | address is on your Atlas cluster's IP whitelist:
       | https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/security-whitelist/
        
         | MichaelRo wrote:
         | I guess that's when 50% becomes zero :)
        
         | jermaustin1 wrote:
         | Fixed it, bug that took 4 years to surface, apparently. Had to
         | find my private key to reconnect for the first time since
         | COVID.
         | 
         | Yet another false summit, I guess.
        
       | js8 wrote:
       | It seems to me that any R&D follows an S-curve, but beancounters
       | insist on linearity, because it's easy to calculate with. So you
       | get these weird effects.
        
       | a-saleh wrote:
       | I heard it as a saying in game-development. "When you have the
       | game 90% completed, remember that now you will have to complete
       | the second 90% to actually ship."
        
         | johnea wrote:
         | Yes, These are the correct ratios!
         | 
         | EDIT: It doesn't just apply to gamu dev...
        
         | adingus wrote:
         | Is that the RuneScape development ratio?
        
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