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Users
A common misconception in software development comes from not understanding users.

For any piece of software, there is a bunch of primary users who are using it to solve their problems. This ranges from commercial product usages all the way to large enterprise usages.

If the software is large and has been evolving for quite some time, these usages are often partit...

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Strange Loops
I remember when I was in school; we got a difficult programming assignment that I struggled with. The algorithm, if I remember correctly, was to fill an oddly shaped virtual swimming pool at different levels, and then calculate the volume of water. The bottom of the pool was wavy curves.

The most natural way to write the code to simulate adding little bits of water at a ...

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The Quality Bars
For any given software development, there are a bunch of ‘bars’ that you have to jump over, which relate to quality.

At the bottom, there is a minimum quality bar. If the code behaves worse than this, the project will be immediately cancelled. Someone who is watching the money will write the whole thing off as incompetence. To survive, you need to do better.

A litt...

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Outlines
A software system is a finite resource.

For some people, this might be a surprising statement. They might feel that, as they can store a massive amount of data and talk to any other system in the world, this feels a lot more infinite.

At any given time, there is a specific quantity of hardware, wires, and electricity. If more of these resources are available than ...

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Cogtastic
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