This article is a bit... crap.

Writing software, no matter what level, or how much, is very difficult.

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but there are document after document written on how to write good software, so implementation details can eventually be solved.

???

Then, when I saw he spelled "alma mater" "alma mata", I skimmed through the rest of the article and closed the window. Sounds like he has a very newbieish perspective on writing software.