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

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.

Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.

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.

Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more

Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.