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throwaway81523 • yesterday at 11:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

"If builders built houses the way programmers built programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization" -- Gerald Weinberg.

Looks like the woodpecker has arrived.


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elendilm • yesterday at 11:43 PM

I disagree vehemently that programmers build lousy programs. Many of us do quite the contrary.

But this is hilarious, and hence I am upvoting.