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"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Thinking About Software Engineering

I found a video by a Canadian professor regarding software engineering, debugging, code quality, automated unit testing, critical thinking and standards of proof.

The crux of the matter is that you cannot trust credentialed people simply because they are credentialed.  You must weigh their arguments yourself.

That and the best way to debug code is to read it.

Greg Wilson - What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It’s True

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