Usually means: Last 10% consumes 90% effort.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ninety-ninety rule)

noun:  (software engineering) A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.

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