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The Seven Deadly Sins of Programmers

A while back, I made an offhand comment about something being one of the seven deadly sins of programmers (/programming/developers/software engineering/coding/...).

At the time, I really didn't have 7 things in mind, but after a little thought, I came up with what I think is a good list.

But before I write the first entry, I'd like you to spend 5 minutes and write down your list of deadly programmer sins. Though 7 is the canonical number of sins, your list can have any number of items. After I've gone through my list, I'll do another post where you can share your list.

[Update: Sorry I wasn't clearer. Write your list down, and then post it when I'm finished. Or post it now on your own blog if you'd like]

Published Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:53 AM by ericgu
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:17 PM by John Meyer’s blog / Pet peeves of programming

# John Meyer’s blog / Pet peeves of programming

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:52 PM by Bertrand Le Roy

# re: The Seven Deadly Sins of Programmers

Premature optimization
Trusting external data (user input in particular)
Overengineering
Carelessness/hackiness
Absence of testing
Absence of documentation
Anti-test-driven development (developing huge chunks of functionality and only testing in the end)
Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:58 AM by Chris Breisch

# The Seven Deadly Sins of Programmers

Saturday, June 10, 2006 4:13 PM by Jon Skeet's Coding Blog

# The 7 Deadly Sins of Software Development

 Introduction
 
   Recently, Eric Gunnerson made a post
   in his blog with the idea of "the seven...
Monday, June 12, 2006 10:26 AM by Chris' Comments

# Seven deadly sins of Software Development

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:55 PM by Bill's House O Insomnia

# 7 Deadly Sins of Software Development

Frans  blogged about Jon Skeet's which was inspired by Eric's post. Since Eric is asking...
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# Articles + Posts to Check Out

When I see a blog post or article that I want to read, investigate, follow up on, etc, I jot it down...
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# Seven deadly sins of Software Development

Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:29 AM by Eric Gunnerson s C Compendium The Seven Deadly Sins of Programmers | Insomnia Cure

# Eric Gunnerson s C Compendium The Seven Deadly Sins of Programmers | Insomnia Cure

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