Archive - Bad Software Advice

How to apply best practices

What works at Google should work in your garage, probably

Jun 30 •

Bad Software Advice: Three Interesting Links #7

WARNING: This edition contains: Artificial Intelligence Hype, punctuation

Jun 9

May 2025

How to write (and read) a bug report

All you need to know is that there is a problem, my work here is done

May 23 •

April 2025

How to control your employees

When you hire a carpenter, make them use your tools

Apr 25 •

How to be a (anti) hero

In the shadow of every strength lies a weakness.

Apr 18 •

How to handle complexity

But first, a confession

Apr 7 •

March 2025

How to handle working software

Undocumented software that has been working is philosophically dangerous

Mar 24 •

How to assign a bug report

Bugs means mistakes, which means that you are stupid, which is frankly quite upsetting

Mar 10 •

January 2025

December 2024

20 behaviors to get software engineers to respect you more

Sorta kinda not really

Dec 3, 2024 •

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