Two Foos Walked into a Bar...
Software and Web developer. Tamer of deadlines. Enchanter of stakeholders.
The thing about programming is that if somebody can’t format their code neatly and consistently, it’s hard to trust their logic, even though it has no real technical bearing.
(via thethingaboutprogramming)
True. Another thing that keeps me from taking code seriously is rampant bad grammar and misspelling. Of course, with the utter destruction of the American public-education system (in particular) some 40 years ago, this is now pandemic.
Now we don’t do things — we talk about them and they come into existence. This is our magic. The written word manifest.
But any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology — a logical inference from Clarke’s Third Law.
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
(via goto-blog)
Weinberg’s Second Law: *”If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.”*
I think it’s truly terrifying to think how many everyday things are dependent on code. Your finances. Your computer. Your car. Your phone. Good code that is able to be well maintained perhaps is a true rarity.
Quick! In a Script source file for Ruby on Rails, what’s the difference between
Good question. (And I hope the answer isn’t “Because I’m shamelessly narcissistic and…”; I write for a living. Shouldn’t I enjoy it as a hobby, as well?)
