Claude Shannon's A mathematical theory of communication is an oft cited classic in information theory. Let's dive in and try to tease apart the "why"s that are often overlooked when people build on top of the introduced theory. They are definitely things that I didn't consider to be obvious without the benefit of reading the paper.

Large projects accumulate a large number of issue reports over time. This is normal. Typically for a "successful" project the rate of new issues being reported will exceed the rate of issues being fixed. Hence the growth.

But what are they to do about this ever-growing pile of bugs?

How I put this site together and why.