Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

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.

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.