Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
10/05/2021
critiqued practice is in fact the only successful method of teaching practice.
— Frederick P. Jr. Brooks, The Design of Design
10/04/2021
Microservices architectures generally follow seven principles…
- Modeled around the business domain…
- Hide implementation details…
- Culture of automation…
- Highly decentralized…
- Deployed independently…
- Isolate failure…
- Highly observable…
— Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, and Patrick Kua, Building Evolutionary Architectures
10/03/2021
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be.
— Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism
10/02/2021
So it is fallibilism, not mere rejection of authority, that is essential for the initiation of unlimited knowledge growth – the beginning of infinity.
— David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity
10/01/2021
…teaching programming improves generic thinking skills such as logical thinking and generally “sharpens the mind.”
— Peter J. Denning and Matti Tedre, Computational Thinking
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