#software-quality

Relieve your context anxiety with modular thinking

Like electric vehicle range anxiety, context anxiety is that dread you feel when your LLM is almost out of context memory. Modules are your best tool for conserving LLM context.

· Doug
Relieve your context anxiety with modular thinking

Don't believe "software never fails"

The claim "software never fails" is cavalier and dangerous. It creates a mindset that itself leads to software failures.

· Doug
Don't believe "software never fails"

When the Machine Metaphor Breaks Down

While it's rare to see a sixty-year old car still running, COBOL is 65 years old and processes 95% of today's ATM transactions. The world is full of critical infrastructure running on ancient software, so it's important to understand how software can fail.

· Doug
When the Machine Metaphor Breaks Down