Alex Pasternak
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On distant Luna, buildings rise seven miles high; there the Sovereign Consul, Octavia au Lune, rules with her Imperators and Praetors. The Ash Lord, who made the world of Rhea cinders, is her minion. She controls the twelve Olympic Knights,
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“What would happen if you allowed a bug to slip through a module, and it cost
your company $10,000? The nonprofessional would shrug his shoulders, say
“stuff happens,” and start writing the next module. The professional would
write the company a check for $10,000!”
― The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
your company $10,000? The nonprofessional would shrug his shoulders, say
“stuff happens,” and start writing the next module. The professional would
write the company a check for $10,000!”
― The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
“If you're good at the debugger it means you spent a lot of time debugging. I don't want you to be good at the debugger.”
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.”
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
“You should name a variable using the same care with which you name a first-born child.”
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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