Yesterday we hit that beautiful moment where the number of known bugs in SiteManager hit zero for the first time.

This is called a Zero Bug Bounce for a good reason - it will bounce back up again. We’re not claiming that SiteManager is bug free - no meaningful software is - but this is an excellent sign that we’re fixing issues faster than they’re reported, and that a solid release is imminent.

If you’ve ever wondered why software has bugs at all, you might want to read The Myth of Bug-Free Software:

“Look at some very solidly crafted code, for example, the space shuttle. The cost per line of code for the space shuttle is something like a thousand dollars per line. It’s so expensive because of the amount of care that goes into specifying the code, reviewing the code, the whole process they use. It is understandable that if you’re shooting up billion dollar spacecraft with human lives at stake, you’re going to put a little bit of care into that software. But everything has its cost.

The space program has had its share of bugs. Various Mars probes have flown off into the weeds. Rockets have crashed. But nevertheless the space program has a pretty good track record on software quality, but at tremendous cost. You can’t spend a thousand dollars per line of code in a dot com or even most major corporations. You simply can’t afford that.

People tend to think software is free, because it has no real-world presence. Software is not substantial like disk drives or automobiles—it is just people typing away at a keyboard. So, therefore, software must be free. But it’s not.”

For our part, we’re doing our best to make the latest release of SiteManager the most stable yet.

Further reading