The Upsides of Niche Requests - Not All Outliers Are Bad

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · Jul 1, 2020 · 18m

Outliers and niche requests can often push us over the line from a simple solution to a complex one. We commonly can get that eighty percent of the cases addressed in our initial code. However, an outlier gets into the far more difficult final twenty percent mentioned in the Pareto principle. These "new" requirements or missed details can cause headaches and missed deadlines. However, they have a bright side as well.

A Stronger Solution

First and foremost, the more cases our solution is tested against (and it supports), the stronger it is. In an extreme example, consider a calculator that…