The Problem With Software

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1. ck45Dec 2023
   This has been previously handled in the excellent book "The Problem with Software - Why Smart Engineers Write Bad Code" by Adam Barr (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262038515/the-problem-with-soft...)
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2. andrewlDec 2023
   The Problem with Software - Why Smart Engineers Write Bad Code by Adam Barr

   https://www.amazon.com/dp/026203851X

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3. bwh2Apr 2021
   I recently finished The Problem with Software by Adam Barr, which is about exactly this issue. Here are my notes: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/the-problem-with-software/

   The author makes the argument for empirical research on software engineering just as you're describing, and references relevant studies.

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