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Hyrum's law en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.

Meanings

  1. An observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.