I think this was more comprehensively described by The (Eight) Laws of Software Evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_evolution h

I think this was more comprehensively described by The (Eight) Laws of Software Evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_ev... This subject always reminds me of something someone said, possibly Professor Alain April, "software is the only system where maintenance tends to degrade it."