I've learned to always avoid saying "always"

Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code

I can only think of so many good ideas in a week. Having other people contribute makes my life easier.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

In almost all cases, I’m opposed to setting aside time for refactoring. In my view refactoring is not an activity you set aside time to do. Refactoring is something you do all the time in little bursts.

When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.