Practical Pessimism In Software Engineering

Dr Stuart Woolley
CodeX
Published in
10 min readJul 13, 2022

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A guide to achieving enlightenment in software engineering through always considering the worst case scenario.

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When approaching, and dealing with, the different facets of life as a progressive software engineer one of the most important things is to remain utterly pessimistic with respect to every day life in the grand game.

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Dr Stuart Woolley
CodeX

Worries about the future. Way too involved with software. Likes coffee, maths, and . Would prefer to be in academia. SpaceX, Twitter, and Overwatch fan.