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The Moths of Programming with Dino Dini

The Moths of Programming with Dino Dini

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The moths of programming are ideas in the software engineering industry that have become pervasive due to virality rather than reality.© 2024 The Moths of Programming with Dino Dini Science Science Fiction
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  • The Moths of Programming 10 - Strict Typing
    Nov 11 2022

    The moths of programming are ideas in the software engineering industry that have become pervasive due to virality rather than reality. Although they may have some truth to them, they are often inaccurate, misleading, distracting or even damaging. I call them moths because they flutter around in a programmer's mind, getting in the way of truly good practice.

    This chapter covers the topic of strict typing. Is the almost religious adherence to the ideas of strict typing actually justified? What is the origin of this? And is it really as strict as we think it is?

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    49 mins
  • The Moths of Programming 9 - Integrated Development Environments
    Oct 29 2022

    The moths of programming are ideas in the software engineering industry that have become pervasive due to virality rather than reality. Although they may have some truth to them, they are often inaccurate, misleading, distracting or even damaging. I call them moths because they flutter around in a programmer's mind, getting in the way of truly good practice.

    This chapter covers the topic of integrated development environments. What is the real reason for them? Do they actually help? Are they just a distraction? Asked Clippy for comment, but it declined to respond. I suspect we now know where it retired to.

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    58 mins
  • The Moths of Programming 8 -Scripting Languages
    Oct 27 2022

    The Moths of Programming With Dino Dini
    Chapter 8 - Scripting Languages

    The moths of programming are ideas in the software engineering industry that have become pervasive due to virality rather than reality. Although they may have some truth to them, they are often inaccurate, misleading, distracting or even damaging. I call them moths because they flutter around in a programmer's mind, getting in the way of truly good practice.

    This chapter covers the topic of scripting languages. What is the real reason for them? Do they reduce reliance on software engineers? Do they actually help? And just now many times do we need to nest a virtual machine inside a virtual machine anyway?


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    1 hr and 3 mins
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need more content like this, best way to improve is to question assumptions and this does that. also provides history into why some of these dogmas have come to be treated as fact.

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