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🚨 Breaking news: Decades of programming wisdom have officially been deemed misdirection 🚨 Paul Tarvydas has cracked the code, folks! Turns out we've been using type checking as a security blanket to hide our architectural shame 🙈. Who knew all those fancy algorithms were just smoke and mirrors? 🤡
https://programmingsimplicity.substack.com/p/type-checking-is-a-symptom-not-a #programmingwisdom #typechecking #architecturalshame #securityflaw #codingrevolution #HackerNews #ngated

Type Checking is a Symptom, Not a Solution

2025-08-31

Paul’s Substack

WieErWill Apr 18

"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." – Harold Abelson
#ReadableCode #ProgrammingWisdom

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Dead Code Mar 17

Don’t miss this episode! 🎙️ https://shows.acast.com/dead-code/episodes/all-models-are-wrong-with-james-gayfer-deadcodewebsite #SoftwareDesign #ProgrammingWisdom

All Models Are Wrong (with James Gayfer) | Dead Code

Christian Mayer Mar 10

Just because it's easy to understand doesn't mean it was easy to write. In fact, the easier it is to understand, the harder it probably was to write. #programming #programmingwisdom

Christian Mayer Mar 9

Simple code is hard to write. #programming #programmingwisdom

Christian Mayer Mar 9

All computers wait at the same speed. #programming #ProgrammingWisdom

Christian Mayer Feb 26

"What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months." — Fred Brooks
#ProgrammingWisdom

Ramsay Dev Rants Jan 21

POV: YOU’RE GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY

#programming #programmingWisdom #programmerhumor #motivacional #coding #coding101

Ramsay Dev Rants Jan 16

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
- Eric Raymond

#programming #programmingWisdom #quotes #programmingtips

Joe Pasqua Oct 30, 2024

Debugging week, Day 3

“Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever."

I stand guilty as charged.

[Anyone know for sure whose quote that is?]

#CompSci #CompSciSaying #ProgrammingWisdom