Tag Archives: wisdom

Andrew’s Third Law of Software Development

Posted on 11/24/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Bugs detected in a software system can be corrected in these four ways: Fix and do a new release. Tell boss, “It works on my machine.” Tell user, “That’s a network error, retry later.” Document it and call it a … Continue reading →

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Andrew’s Fifth Rule of Cybernetics

Posted on 11/17/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

There is nothing as permanent as a temporary fix.  

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Friday Wisdom – Andrew’s American Philosophy

Posted on 10/13/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. More wisdom next week, Andrew

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Friday Wisdom – Thoughts at Work

Posted on 10/06/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

It’s been a challenging week at work for me with the most common question I’ve asked my coworkers being: “Does your train of thought have a caboose?” If you need me – I’ll be hiding from my fellow engineers. Andrew

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