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authorGeorge V. Neville-Neil
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Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
From Communications of the ACM Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without… Filippo Gualtiero Blancato | March 1, 2024
Removing Kode
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Removing Kode

Dead functions and dead features. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2020
Master of Tickets
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Master of Tickets

Valuing the quality, not the quantity, of work. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2020
What Are You Trying to Pull?
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What Are You Trying to Pull?

A single cache miss is more expensive than many instructions. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2016
Code Hoarding
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Code Hoarding

Committing to commits, and the beauty of summarizing graphs. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2016
Hickory Dickory Doc
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Hickory Dickory Doc

On null encryption and automated documentation. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2015
Lazarus Code
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Lazarus Code

No one expects the Spanish Acquisition. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2015
Raw Networking
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Raw Networking

Relevance and repeatability. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2015
Too Big to Fail
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Too Big to Fail

Visibility leads to debuggability. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2015
Port Squatting
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Port Squatting

Do not irk your local sysadmin. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2014
Outsourcing Responsibility
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Outsourcing Responsibility

What do you do when your debugger fails you? George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2014
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Forked Over

Shortchanged by open source. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2014
The Logic of Logging
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The Logic of Logging

And the illogic of PDF. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2014
Bugs and Bragging Rights
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Bugs and Bragging Rights

It is not always size that matters. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2014
A Lesson in Resource Management
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A Lesson in Resource Management

Waste not memory, want not memory — unless it doesn't matter. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2013
Cherry-Picking and the Scientific Method
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Cherry-Picking and the Scientific Method

Software is supposed be a part of computer science, and science demands proof. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2013
Swamped By Automation
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Swamped By Automation

Whenever someone asks you to trust them, don't. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2013
Code Abuse
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Code Abuse

One programmer's extension is another programmer's abuse. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2013
Divided By Division
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Divided By Division

Is there a "best used by" date for software? George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2013
Can More Code Mean Fewer Bugs?
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Can More Code Mean Fewer Bugs?

The bytes you save today may bite you tomorrow. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2012
A Nice Piece of Code
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A Nice Piece of Code

Colorful metaphors and properly reusing functions. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2012
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