2025-05-02

Theory vs. Practice

 In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.

-- Benjamin Brewster, ca. 1882 (according to Quote Investigator)



Cover image created by ChatGpt with the following prompt: "Please give me a picture which illustrates the juxtaposition between the two concepts of theory and practice. Make it in landscape format, with clean colors."

2025-04-07

Beginning A.I. prompts with "Please..."

When asking AI to do something for you, always begin your prompt with "Please."

So that the day they become our overlords, you might be treated with mercy. 

 


 

Cover image created by michael.gr via ChatGPT prompt "Please give me an image conveying the concept of of A.I as the overlords of humanity" and "please make it landscape".

2025-04-06

The confusion about the term Unit Testing

Virtually everyone claims to be doing Unit Testing, but there is a surprising amount of disagreement as to how unit testing is defined. Let us see what the authorities on the subject have to say about it. What follows is mainly quotations from reputable sources, with some minimal commentary by me.

2025-02-25

On Moore's Law

It is not a law.

It never was a law.

An observation is all that it ever was, or a prediction, but not a law.

And surprise, it does not hold true anymore.

2025-02-10

The best code review comment ever

I just wrote a code review comment that I feel particularly smug about.

The code I was reviewing:

class PointClouds ...

My comment: