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Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust
Three research developer tools that made programmers dramatically faster (Reflexion Models, the WhyLine, MatchMaker), and why none still run.
Jimmy Koppel
Essays by Jimmy Koppel (MIT PhD, founder of Mirdin) on software design, code quality, abstraction, and the ideas behind better programming tools.
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My favorite principle for code quality
The Embedded Design principle, Jimmy Koppel's favorite principle for code quality, shown via caching code that looks fine but invites bugs.