Programmers Don't "Build" Programs

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... and this is how we get crappy software. If anything we need more adherence to the construction, specifically, "review". In construction, things are reviewed, certified, analyzed, and tested.

I don't garden like I write software, and I definitely don't write software like I garden. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go do something about these ground squirrels eating all the tomatoes.

Software is a garden, and we are it’s gardeners.

I have a garden. Weeds grow without my assistance. The veggies and flowers mostly do their own thing as well. I wish new and strange things grew overnight in my IDE.

I'd say it's more like knitting than anything else.

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