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“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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“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
“Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
(Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
(Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“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
“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
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