Developers Make Steady Progress by Avoiding Stupidity
Making fewer mistakes is more effective than writing great code
Developers don’t need to be super clever, they need to avoid being stupid and making dumb mistakes.
It doesn’t take much to avoid being wrong, spend a little time thinking about what could go wrong and what you want to avoid.
Many developers learn by making mistakes and avoiding making them in the future. Good developers identify potential mistakes upfront and avoid making them at all.
You can’t avoid all mistakes, problems and technical issues but you can make sure they don’t hurt you too badly and recover quickly. Technical Disasters Should Not Catch Developers Unprepared
This post was inspired by the Sam Hinkie’s resignation letter, which everyone would benefit from reading
Be Less wrong
“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.” Elon Musk
If you can make steady progress every day as a developer, then everyone feels like they are moving towards the goal of creating software.
