Approaching zero bugs?
Is it possible? Are we close? When will it happen?
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/30/approaching-zero-bugs/
Discussion
Approaching zero bugs?
Is it possible? Are we close? When will it happen?
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/30/approaching-zero-bugs/
@bagder Super interesting, as well as the comment link to "Milk or Wine: Does Software Security Improve with Age?"
The only code with no bugs is no code. But, in theory, the "simple" bugs should be fixable with AI now. I also don't think we'll ever achieve a no bugs situation though given the fact software has to play and integrate in a quite messy world of "other" code.
@bagder The most bug-free code I ever wrote was a columns clone in 68k assembly, even though it was my first (and currently last) real assembly project.
The reason being that almost every bug I did create along the way (apart from straight up game logic issues) caused catastrophic failure in terms of entirely locking up the machine.
@bagder Maybe 0 bugs, but at least 1 weevil 😊 Might be a Polydrusus formosus
@bagder 🎶 99 bugs in the code, take one down, pass it around, n+2 bugs in the code 🎶
It's theoretically possible but I'm not convinced that it can actually happen 😕