todd hoff: Stupid Human ProgrammingTalk on software development.When You Do Nothing Good Things Happen- July 27, 2006 When You Do Nothing Good Things HappenThis is the advice of Barry Schwartz, author of the Paradox of Choice. You can see the video of his presentation at google at http:video.google.comvideoplaydocid=6127548813950043200.One the big points of his book is that "the more choices available the more likely you will choose nothing." This has enormous implications for life as we know it, but as this is nominally a programming blog, I also see it having a lot of relevance to program design.One of his...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2006/07/27.html#a227 How are Unit Tests Like Chemical Reactions- July 11, 2006 How are Unit Tests Like Chemical ReactionsEvery so often I read someone who thinks because they do unit testing with 100% coverage they don't need to do any other type of testing (regression, system, acceptance). What could possibly go wrong if all the units workOne way to think of a program is a program is like a chemical reaction. A bunch of particles react to make a product. An interesting feature of chemical reactions is the resulting product has nothing to do with the original particles. I.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2006/07/11.html#a226 |