Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking a juggler to keep three balls in the air and hold your groceries at the same time.

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation.

Good code is its own best documentation.

95% on content and the computer language remains the same.

The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.