75% of programming is fixing bugs

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Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python programming language.

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[LexClips]

Guest bio: Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python programming language.

[kayakMike]

75% of programming is transforming data from one system to another.

[wartem]

Rewriting code from scratch is underrated

[KathySierraVideo]

kids 😁. When I was in college, you handed your punch card deck to a guy in a lab coat, then two days later you found out you left out a character.
My husband WAS that lab coat guy (at a different school) who would just take a moment and *fix* those little mistakes for people who probably never knew what a hero he was. I didn’t know him then, but when he told me he did this, it was reason enough to marry him 💁‍♀️

[this_time_imperfect]

The code that runs Dropbox is entirely bugs.

[philjameson]

The IT industry has a lot to learn from the aircraft industry. I have worked in a number of industries over the years and I have to say that the IT industry seems quite happy to live up to its maverick seat of the pants image and not embrace continuous improvement

[hohaia]

There are bugs and there are bugs. Some bugs are inconsequential. Other bugs, when triggered can be catastrophic.

[evanm]

I would phrase this as "90% of the code takes 50% of the time." I think that's a little more accurate than just talking about bugs... when you debug code, that frequently leads to refactoring and other improvements/tweaks.

[swirl]

I hate it when people say "I never had a typing class, so I never learned". To his credit, he admits that he didn't self-correct it himself either. But he speaks as though it's now impossible for him to do so. There are websites dedicated to teaching you how to type properly, within a week you'll be typing properly, and within a month you'll be used to it. So little time for such a massive increase in efficiency.

[mattgarelli]

Glad to know I'm in good company pulling out my external keyboard on a plane. Mine's and OLKB Planck.

[SpawnSniper]

@8:15 it turns out you can take the keyboard anywhere... whatcha got there lex.... lol just let it burn lex, 🔥 🤣 😂 torched

[elliottmarshall]

Robert Martin clean code changed the way I code! Love to see him on the podcast

[IntermezzoR]

Hey any % below 100% of bugs per line of code is a win in my book.

[arimill]

Kinesis keyboards are great, but I'll stick to my vim delete functions in normal mode. Makes you ask yourself what needs to be deleted first

[JesusPirela]

excelent as always. when Lex is going to interview Lex. What would you say if you interview yourself. in the same podcast format? Greetings from Argentina

[emmanuelboakye]

So if you can automate debugging.then?

[High_Rate]

"I never learned to type with 10 fingers"

We'll let it slide this time since you created Python, but do better

[emilieLPG]

I think it’s less bugs per line, it’s how much test coverage is there for their code added

[em-wgbj]

depends what you mean by bugs, i feel its 95% lol

[drunkdrftr]

This is why self driving cars are doomed for a bloody fail