Fixing Bugs that can’t be Reproduced

There are bugs that can’t be reproduced, or at least not easily: intermittent and transient errors; bugs that disappear when…

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Bug Fixing – to Estimate, or not to Estimate, that is the question

According to Steve McConnell in Code Complete (data from 1975-1992) most bugs don’t take long to fix. About 85% of…

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Fixing Bugs – if you can’t reproduce them, you can’t fix them

‘Generally, if you can’t reproduce it, it’s almost impossible to fix’. Anonymous programmer, Practices of Software Maintenance, Janice Singer Fixing…

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Fixing Bugs – there’s no substitute for experience

We’ve all heard that the only way to get good at fixing bugs in through experience – the school of…

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Why are some bugs harder to fix than others?

There are a lot of different factors that impact how long it could take to find and fix a bug.…

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Fixing a bug is like catching a fish

Manager: So, how long will it take to fix this bug?  Inexperienced Programmer: An hour maybe? Two tops? I’ll get…

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It’s About Confidentiality and Integrity (not so much Availability)

Everyone knows the C-I-A triad for information security: security is about protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of systems and…

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In Agile development planning, a security framework loses out

In Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn explains the different factors that go into prioritizing work on a software development…

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Monitoring Sucks. But Monitoring as Testing Sucks a Lot More

At Devopsdays I listened to a lot of smart people saying smart things. And to some people saying things that…

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