Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. — Linus Torvalds

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Author: Linus Torvalds

Insight: When lots of people look at something, problems become obvious fast—which is why open-source software often catches issues Microsoft's closed labs miss. Your group chat probably catches your typos better than you ever could alone. More witnesses don't guarantee truth, but they do guarantee nothing stays hidden.

Source: The Cathedral and the Bazaar, 1999

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Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Linus TorvaldsThe Cathedral and the Bazaar, 1999

Insight

When lots of people look at something, problems become obvious fast—which is why open-source software often catches issues Microsoft's closed labs miss. Your group chat probably catches your typos better than you ever could alone. More witnesses don't guarantee truth, but they do guarantee nothing stays hidden.

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Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer best known for creating the Linux operating system kernel in 1991. His work has had a profound impact on the development of open-source software, making Linux one of the most widely used operating systems in the world today. Torvalds also oversees the development of the Linux kernel, ensuring its continual evolution and advancement.

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