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.

Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.

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

A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.

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

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.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.