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formalized expression is detail and while that detail may not be complex for a programmer it can be completely meaningless to a user. I agree with you in part but i think worth rec…

This line stood out to me: > “As it stands now, there seems to be a tradeoff between ease-of-use and control, and until someone figures out how to remove that tradeoff, there will …

wow, this is scary

i better not tell employers that I haven't touched a physics text book in the last 10 years

I really like how she connects the necessity of the software for customers to release risk management. It's a very user-centric view which I like. Helps me understand release proce…

what if you have plenty of ideas but you run out of money because you can't ship fast enough? :D sorry couldn't help it on more serious note - I'm curious what you mean by run out …

this convo has made me realize that our terms for testing do not pair well with actual testing practices, which i find easier to conceptualize in terms of "coarseness" relative to …

by claiming when something stops being a unit test, you have to define what a unit test is. Now, I do think there is a good, reasonable definition of a unit test and it's looser th…

what does unit testing have to do with whether or not you instrument the test with fake responses? those points of contact that you're mocking out at the perimeter, that data will …

I agree with the first part of what you said, but I don't think plain listening is a "new paradigm", albeit I'll grant that it's probably a skill that can be improved. to circle ba…

it really sucks and I feel it's gotten worse with zoom. Sitting in retro meetings in the past year I've definitely noticed an uptick in people just talking and not actually respond…

> One may argue that a motivated and smart student can overcome such obstacles and get her foot in the door by attending such schools. But then the challenge is flipped: not many s…

what I've seen a lot over the years is that an engineer gets asked about timeline, thinks for about 10 seconds, blurts something out, then if it's off (too short) they bust their a…

it seems to come from the same place of wanting a simple rule to pattern match against some problem space so we don't have to think too hard about it every time. also ... the autho…

I can relate to a lot of this. One thing I learned about myself recently is that I tend to default to programming because it practically guarantees that I'll feel good (dopamine fr…

mixed feelings about this not being the top comment

fantastic :)

agree with this ^. Pretty sure the book was written with STEM (but really, comp sci) new grads in mind

agree with the adaptability of change requests from clients, but i would say only insofar as the design issues you're mentioning are actually addressed as quickly as they are surfa…

this made me chuckle