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  1. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    7. Beware of comparison shopping
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  2. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    Oftentimes, the whole reason we became programmers in the first place is because we wanted to move beyond being a mere player and change the game, control it, modify its parameters, maybe even create our own games.
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  3. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    I'm constantly running across comments from developers who don't seem to understand that the code already tells us how it works; we need the comments to tell us why it works. Code comments
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  4. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
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  5. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    6. Think about what you're not thinking about
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  6. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    But everyone should try writing a little code, because it somehow sharpens the mind, right?
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  7. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    5. Pay now and consume later
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  8. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    Let's say I was tasked with determining whether your software project will fail. With the responses to these three questions in hand, I can tell you with almost utter certainty whether your project will fail: How many lines of code will your team write? What kind of software are you building? Do you like your coworkers? That last question isn't a joke. I'm not kidding. Do you like the company of your teammates on a personal level? Do you respect your teammates professionally? If you were starting at another company, would you invite your coworkers along? Do you have spirited team discussions or knock-down, drag-out, last man standing filibuster team arguments? Are there any people on your team you'd "vote off the island" if you could?
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  9. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    Good thing you're tagging all those "Low Priority" tasks. God forbid you'd ever lose track of shit that's not worth doing.
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  10. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    the ultimate unit test is whether or not users want to use your application. All the other tests you write are totally irrelevant until you can get that one to pass.
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  11. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    The toughest thing in life is not learning a bunch of potentially hypothetically useful stuff, but figuring out what the heck it is you want to do.
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  12. Jeff Atwood _ Effective Programming: More

    8. Follow the herd instead of your head"
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