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How to Not Die by a Thousand Cuts. Or, How to Think About Software Quality

22 points by adityaathalye ago | 4 comments

conqrr |next [-]

If there is a place that is hiring and cares about Software Quality, I'll take a 70% paycut to work there.

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effnorwood |previous [-]

Hey Siri, is my app doing what I wanted it to do?

rationalist |root |parent [-]

Siri: Yes, but each action takes 10 minutes to resolve and your users are jumping out of their windows after dealing with your software.

Programmer: Great, my software works!

effnorwood |root |parent [-]

Hey Siri, my software isn't doing what I wanted it to do. Confirm PRD did not include 10 minute wait times and send my IQ test results again please.