How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13

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Post by andrzejkrzywda » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 10:25 AM UTC

How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13
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Re: How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13

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Post by rmellow » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 12:55 PM UTC

What lesson do we take from this? Always implement Test Driven Development?

Re: How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13

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Post by spajus » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 1:13 PM UTC

rmellow wrote: post #2

What lesson do we take from this? Always implement Test Driven Development?

And use mutation testing to make sure your tests are correct. Oh, and have integration tests too, along with tests for your infrastructure. How can anything go wrong if you have all that? Well, it can and will.

Re: How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13

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Post by _alex_ » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 3:34 PM UTC

rmellow wrote: post #2

What lesson do we take from this? Always implement Test Driven Development?

Don't be on-call when your customer contact is a 13-year old?

Re: How I lost trust to programmers when I was 13

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Post by dovdov » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 3:47 PM UTC

The only question is if users are willing to pay the price of a bug-less software.

Nope, but at least they have the time to write one star reviews about wasting money on a 99c app, while sipping through their $10 cup of coffee. :)