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[hartmans]

I have several blog entries I need to find time to write:

• No Bills for Nancy—9 years later it's still the best bug I've ever run across
• Chernobyl development: what happens when there is a complete disconnect between product management and engineering.
• Commentary on social engineering based on an experience my mom had.
• Quality matters: your hobby's sprintf costs us thousands.
• And I really need to write something in Zoe's blog.

Hopefully I'll find time to work on these soon.

Comments

[peter-jensen.livejournal.com]

Based on those summaries, I'm most interested in the bug and the sprintf one, although perhaps Zoe has interesting perspectives on one or both :)

NancyTyping

[eichin.livejournal.com]

I used that as an interview question one time - with someone who turned out to have worked at the place that found it :-)

What's distressing is that it got fixed... and then *reverted* due to being consistent with the underlying libc (which is, I think, wrong but in a way that subtle to articulate...)