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

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people

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.

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

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

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.

A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.