Category Archives: Software Engineering

Should we review the code that is generated by AI?

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Hayim Makabee

Should we review the code that is generated by AI? Yes, because Correctness is not the only important quality attribute. Even if we are 100% sure that AI will generate code that satisfies the specification, there are many other aspects … Continue reading →

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Real Programmers Don’t Eat Quiche

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Hayim Makabee

o Real Programmers don’t eat quiche. They like twinkies, coke and palate-scorching Szechwan food. o Real Programmers don’t write applications programs. They program right down on the bare metal. Applications programming is for the dullards who can’t do systems programming. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Age of the Inventor Economy

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Hayim Makabee

We are now in the age of the Inventor Economy. If you want to create value, you must be able to do things that have never been done before. Any existing human creation can be learned and reproduced by advanced … Continue reading →

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Talk on Adaptable Design Up Front in Spanish

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Hayim Makabee

This month I was invited by the FaMAF and Eclypsium to talk about “ADUF – Adaptable Design Up Front”. The FaMAF is the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computing of the National University of Cordoba, in Argentina. Eclypsium is … Continue reading →

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Data Science vs. Software Engineering

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

The work of a Software Engineer is to analyze a problem, think about a good solution, design it, implement it and then test it. Software Engineers do problem-solving. The work of the Software Engineer ends when he finishes implementing the … Continue reading →

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