Corollary of If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong and... If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong and circumvent these...

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Source status: Attributed to Sean Cheshire

It will be impossible to fix the fifth fault without breaking the fix on one or more others.

- Sean Cheshire

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This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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