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Thoburn's Addendum to Hyrum's Law
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Hyrum's Law

With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be dependend on by somebody.

Thoburn's Addendum

These users provide maximal test coverage for all observable unspecified or forgotten behaviors, providing the opportunity to trade friction for insights when making changes.

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