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Pimp My Code, Part 16: On Heuristics and Human Factors (wilshipley.com)
50 points by twampss on Aug 21, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Bravo to Wil for posting this! This is the sort of code that makes really good software take 10 years -- as its developers figure out the best API to use to talk to the users.

Bending over backwards to make free-text information work is hard. And most people will never notice; for them, it'll just work.

"Just working" is what we should all strive for.




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