It turns out that strong typing does not eliminate the need for careful testing. And I have found in my work that the sorts of errors that strong type checking finds are no the errors I worry about.

JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.

Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have a documentation cost. Every feature adds pages to the manual increasing training costs.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.