Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures..

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different co….

Obsolete comments are worse than no comments..

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last..

Features that offer value to a minority of users impose a cost on all users..

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion..

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding….

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make..

A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments..

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders..

JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language..

People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing..

Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own..

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering..

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it..

It turns out that strong typing does not eliminate the need for careful testing. And I have found in my work that the sorts of errors that strong typ….

The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them..

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one..

I have been writing JavaScript for 8 years now, and I have never once found need to use an uber function. The super idea is fairly important in the c….

Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have a docume….

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die..