The Gospel of J35u5 Chr!5+, Part 3

Faith. Good software practice is built on faith.

You design it using an open, loosely coupled architecture because you have faith that it will work out better in the long run. It's more difficult. It's often unnecessary to accomplish your original program goals. But you do it in faith that it will work out for the best in the long run. Maybe you've written an open architecture before and realized its benefits. Or maybe you've written a rigid architecture and suffered the consequences. Either way, you know it is worth taking the time to do it right at the beginning.

You document it in the expectation that you or someone else will need to read it in the future. Again, there's no immediate value. It's an investment.

A good software engineer is always looking forward at what comes next, even imagining it if he has to.

Hebrews 11:1 - "Now faith is the assurance of thing hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

Spammers ... seriously?!?

The spam emails I get are always so obviously spam, I just have to wonder how it is even worth their while to keep spamming. Let's just take a walk down the chain of thoughts that someone would have to have to actually respond as the spammers desire:

<Moron opens his email>
Moron: Oh! I've got a new email! Looks like it is from ... me?? Hmm, that's strange. Oh well, I'm sure there's a good explanation. Let's see what this is about...

<Reads subject line>
Moron: "I'm your new manager"? What? How am I my new manager? Maybe I work for myself now! That would be great! I guess I'd better read it or I might get fired.

<Opens email>
Moron: Is there supposed to be something in this email? Oh, wait ... here's some words: "Can't see the images below?" I certainly cannot! What should I do? Oh, it tells me - "Click here" Okay!

<Clicks on link>
Moron: What's this? A website for buying erectile dysfunction medication from overseas pharmacies? Now why would I send myself an email with links to a site that sells ED medicine from overseas pharmacies? I guess I'm going to start a business retailing cheap ED meds. Better buy in bulk!

Seriously, what other chain of thoughts would possibly lead someone through the courses of action that end in a win for the spammers? Not only are the deceptive tactics completely lame and unbelievable, they are also completely disjoint along every step of the way. Come on!