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Are software engineering “best practices” just developer preferences?

by Florian floverfelt.org published 2021-06-082 min read

My housemate the other day asked me something to the effect of “How can Software Engineers call themselves engineers when there’s no rules, governing bodies, or anything to stipulate what true Software Engineering is?”

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