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Re:Software Engineering ≠ Computer Science (2009) by mdpopescu on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:54AM (#14945392)
Agreed. Reading [1] was a fantastic eye-opener for me. The code is the design, and design is always "trying until it works".

[1] http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/reeves_design.h...

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Re:Software Engineering ≠ Computer Science (2009) by Denzel on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:08AM (#14948027)
That was a great read, thanks for that. Indeed that article really codifies a lot of the thoughts that have been floating around in my head.
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