Ir's a new year, so let's start out with something fundamental, cleaning up something that's bothered me for many years. ...

We were asked, "How can I tell if my code does extra unnecessary work?" To answer this question well, I’d need to know what you...

We were asked, "Which code is more readable, one that uses longer variable names or short ones?"  Maybe some historical persp...

We were asked, "What was your first week like at your first software engineering job?" In June, 1955, I went to work for IBM ...

I was asked, "Do programmers really know how to program?" I believe this question is unproductive and  vague. What does it me...

We were asked to describe the simplest, most amazing code we had ever written or witnessed. My answer should probably be some esoteric ...

Hardly a day goes by without some developer or tester asking me about some tools or applications. These could be any tools or apps, so let...

We know that success can breed failured and doesn't automatically renew itself. I would like to offer some ideas on how this self-defea...