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Where is the Cradle of the Computer?
The digital computer of today arose in the first half of the 1940s independently in three different countries: Germany, the U…
From Communications of the ACM
Discovering Bugs, or Ensuring Success?
Finding errors is not the same as making certain a software product works correctly.
From BLOG@CACM
Blame-Free Quality Control
How liable should programmers be for the quality of their software?
From BLOG@CACM
Discussing Empirical Answers to Questions of Software Engineering
Focusing on what helps software developers.
From BLOG@CACM
A Software Architect Is the Person You Blame
How efficient is your current software project, and could it potentially benefit from the addition of a software architect?
From BLOG@CACM
The Goal of Software Testing
Finding errors is not the same strategy as making sure that a product works.
From BLOG@CACM
When Will We Learn?
Massive software failure once again, with no lesson from past occurrences and no lesson for future systems.
From BLOG@CACM
The Era of Hackers Is Over
The ability to hack algorithms and make data structures optimal was a virtue of programmers a few decades ago. The current reality is much different, with the ability...
From BLOG@CACM
Examples of Phenomenology in Computing
The branch of philosophy known as phenomenology can broaden our understanding of what is really going on in the tasks we address with computing.
From BLOG@CACM
Time To End The vi/Emacs Debate
If you still use Emacs, I feel for you. Perhaps it is time to give vi a try.
From BLOG@CACM
Why Code Comments Still Matter
Some believe that commenting code is bad, but comments still matter in our programs.
From BLOG@CACM
Tech Ethics at Work
Ethics for Tech must address how professional issues play out in the workplace, in real life.
From BLOG@CACM
Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 1 of 2)
Beyond the lamppost
From BLOG@CACM
The End of Software Engineering and the Last Methodologist
Let's all do deep learning now.
From BLOG@CACM
Learning Programming at Scale
I summarize my first three years of research as an assistant professor on studying and building tools to support people who are learning computer programming.
From BLOG@CACM