Comments on: Laws of Software Development

By: If you’re a geek, you should know all of these | Miscellaneous Heathen

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:14:59 +0000

[...] Global Nerdy summarizes the major Laws of Software Development. Yes, Greg, Brooks is there. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:23:45 +0000

[...] muitas outras leis e corolários relacionados ao software [1][2]. Tomeis as 10 que são mais genéricas e com as quais me deparo todos os dias. Existem muitas [...]

By: Atwood’s Law strikes again | 4i software development Blog

Atwood’s Law strikes again | 4i software development Blog — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:05:05 +0000

[...] The Rule of Least Power. I propose a corollary to this rule, which in the spirit of recent memes, I’ll call Atwood’s Law: any application that can be written in JavaScript, will [...]

By: The Razor, and Other Laws We Live By | Electrotype

The Razor, and Other Laws We Live By | Electrotype — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:43:15 +0000

[...] wacky Global Nerdy blog, which not only gave my brain a Friday afternoon stretch, but also featured Laws of Software Development, which is a lot more fun than it [...]

By: Lois, axiomes et principes pour geeks | Blog à part: troisième époque

Lois, axiomes et principes pour geeks | Blog à part: troisième époque — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:55:43 +0000

[...] vient d’expérience réelle), un peu hyperboliques (pareil): le blog Global Nerdy a compilé une série de lois, principes et autres axiomes ayant trait à la technologie et à l’informat…. [...]

By: Collected wisdom on programming « SoftTalk – multicore and parallel programming

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:38:00 +0000

[...] Collected wisdom on programming Posted on 25/08/2010 by softtalkblog While looking for new parallel programming blogs this week, I stumbled across an ancient but timeless blog post by Joey deVilla. In it, he has collected together some of the most common laws of software development. [...]

By: The Six and a Half Commandments of Displaying a Phone Number on a Website « Century Interactive

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:25:08 +0000

[...] from Joey deVilla’s tremendous Global Nerdy [...]

By: The Six and a Half Commandments of Displaying a Phone Number on a Website « Century Interactive

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:10:31 +0000

[...] from Joey deVilla’s tremendous Global Nerdy [...]

By: Random Rob

Random Rob — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:39:03 +0000

Don’t the Dilbet Principle and the Peter Principle contradict one another?

By: Stop Breaking These Laws (of Software) | Lessons of Failure

Stop Breaking These Laws (of Software) | Lessons of Failure — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:01:22 +0000

[...] found a very complete list of the laws regarding software development (I highly recommend reading that link. I’ll wait, go ahead). But from that list, we seem to [...]

By: James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:50:36 +0000

Shredded cabbage, Mayonnaise, and various spices make a fine salad. This is known as Cole’s law.

By: Mind-NOX · Laws of Software Development

Mind-NOX · Laws of Software Development — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:53:35 +0000

[...] Global Nerdy » Blog Archive » Laws of Software Development Inspired by Phil Haack’s article 19 Eponymous Laws of Software Development, I decided to collect laws, axioms and rules pertaining to mainstream software development and put them in a nice, easy-to-read table. [...]

By: BlogFour » The Named Laws of Technology

BlogFour » The Named Laws of Technology — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:23:29 +0000

[...] Named Laws of Technology July 23, 2007 – 5:09 pm by Eric Skiff Clipped from globalnerdy.comThe LawWho Said ItWhat it SaysAmdahl’s LawGene AmdahlThe speedup gained from running a program on [...]

By: xero

xero — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:04:35 +0000

…my law of usability: Make something idiot-proof, and they will make a better idiot.

By: The Razor, and Other Laws We Live By « Creative Spark

The Razor, and Other Laws We Live By « Creative Spark — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:48:00 +0000

[...] wacky Global Nerdy blog, which not only gave my brain a Friday afternoon stretch, but also featured Laws of Software Development, which is a lot more fun than it [...]

By: Hank Heath

Hank Heath — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:10:49 +0000

Heath’s Law of Authority:

If you detect an authoritarian presence, it’s too late.

Corollary: If you see the traffic cop, don’t bother to slow down

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:14:20 +0000

Brafford’s Law — Live music is like free software.

By: europium

europium — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:35:42 +0000

Europium’s Corollary: “The manager you work for will inevitably be the one who pressured his neurosurgeon into performing the six-hour operation in three.”

By: europium

europium — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:32:08 +0000

Europium’s Law of Inevitability: “The manager you work for will always be the one who believes that nine women can produce a baby in one month.”

By: europium

europium — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:24:56 +0000

Europium’s Exhortation: “One’s reach should always exceed one’s grasp.”