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.
07/09/2020
General meetings generally fall into one of three categories: painful, useless, or soul-crushing.
— Sarah Cooper, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
07/08/2020
There is a whole mathematical method surrounding the management of trivariate estimates. If you are interested, I encourage you to research the program evaluation and review technique (PERT).
— Robert C. Martin, Clean Agile
07/07/2020
Common sense would suggest that the people who estimate software projects ought to be folks who know something abut building software.
— Robert L. Glass, Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
07/06/2020
One should give more weight to research that, while being rigorous, contradicts other peers, particularly if it entails costs and reputational harm for its author.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game
07/05/2020
A code review is really about other programmers giving their personal opinions on how they would have written the code, backed up by nothing more than their own experiences.
— Adam Barr, The Problem with Software
1899 post articles, 380 pages.