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Fundamental laws

  Hofstadter's law   Any project involving computers will take longer than you think it will, even if you account for Hofstadter's law.

  Moore's law   Computing power doubles every 18 months.

  Your computer was obsolete when you bought it.

  Today's proprietary design is tomorrow's legacy code.

  Every organization has unique needs.

  Software will have unpredictable interactions.