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“Software design as taught today is terribly incomplete. It talks only about what systems should do. It doesn’t address the converse—things systems should not do. They should not crash, hang, lose data, violate privacy, lose money, destroy your company, or kill your customers.”
― Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
― Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”
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“The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.”
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“Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes”
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“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”
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Manfredi’s 2025 Year in Books
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