alt Hacker NewsCoding just a stage in the software development. Design and specifications which can help in coding is not solved at all and may never - the end result is software reliability is not a solved problem.
Coding just a stage in the software development. Design and specifications which can help in coding is not solved at all and may never - the end result is software reliability is not a solved problem.
Sounds right to me. As AI has picked up, I have found myself drawn to resources that (I hope) help improve my taste and judgment not only of code but also of overall software design. The lessons in Code Complete, for example, have been helpful to me in thinking about managing the complexity of a codebase. It was useful before, too, but perhaps even more so now.