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Making sure you aren’t a bad programmer, and formal names for specific computer bugs.

News and Follow-Ups

• 01:08 – Podshifter – iPhone update 3.0 added podcast shifting speed.

Webapps

• 06:03 – Wishpot - Universal wishlist app
• 10:23 – TwitterSnooze – Snooze someone on twitter for a set period of time
• 13:34 – inumbr – Get a disposable phone number

Topics

• 16:37 – Signs that you’re a bad programmer
  • Inability to reason about code
  • Poor understanding of the language’s programming model
  • Deficient research skills / Chronically poor knowledge of the platform’s features
  • Inability to comprehend pointers
  • Difficulty seeing through recursion

  Signs you are a mediocre programmer

  • Inability to think in sets
  • Lack of critical thinking – Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
  • Pinball Programming
  • Unfamiliar with the principles of security
  • Code is a mess
• 41:05 – Types of computer bugs – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_software_bug#Bohrbug
  • Heisenbug
  • Bohrbug
  • Mandelbug
  • Schroendinbug
  • Phase of the Moon bug
  • Statistical bug