Critical Program Reading (1975) [video]

Somehow it didn&#x27;t surprise me when I saw Gerald Weinberg&#x27;s name on the list of producers. His book <i>The Psychology of Computer Programming</i> touches on this and related topics, especially how to study what works and doesn&#x27;t in programming or programming in teams.

I started programming professionally in 1980, so this video hits close to home.<p>My own observation is that more “aesthetic” code is often more readable.

been following weinberg for a while now, his take on team dynamics always hits for me. anyone else ever wonder if old-school problems in coding just never really go away, no matter how much tech changes?

I&#x27;m pretty sure you could go back to scrolls from Pompeii and find someone complaining about a memo or invoice being incomprehensible.

&quot;We can&#x27;t do anything about getting the computer to understand our indentations&quot;<p>Python: &quot;hold my beer&quot;