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Another Side of Good Naming

In previous posts, I’ve talked about the importance of naming to make it easier for whoever maintains the code. One thing I’ve left out is the importance of not misusing standard names. Naming Fail In a previous position, I was manipulating a collection of data, when I hit a bug. After running some new code,… Read More »

“Good Enough” Revisited

In The Forgotten Engineering Principle, I went on at some length about the concept of Good Enough. I originally began thinking about this idea over a decade ago in the context of Stylus-Based Computers (what are now called Tablet PCs). I hadn’t thought about the concept for quite a long time. However, in doing a… Read More »