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Dev tools · January 25, 2017

Gerald Weinberg on Bugs, Errors and Software Quality

Software errors, the fallacy of perfection, and you.

Gerald Weinberg on Bugs, Errors and Software Quality launched on January 25, 2017 with 10 votes, #1,644 of 3,670 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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Venue : Skype Marcus Blankenship talks with Gerald Weinberg about software errors, the fallacy of perfection, how languages and process can reduce errors, and the attitude great programmers have about their work. Gerald’s new book, Errors: Bugs, Boo-boos, and Blunders, focuses on why programmers make errors, how teams can improve their software, and how management should think of and discuss errors. We learn why all programs are perfect (for something), quality can be judged only by the end user of the software, and computers act as “error amplifiers” for our own human imperfections. […] all started when I was listening to Software Engineering Radio and they had an episode about…from se-radio.net

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