==== Falsehoods Programmers Believe ====

"There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors."

  * [[https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/|
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names]] ([[falsehoods_programmers_believe_about_names|local]])
  * [[https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/|Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses]] ([[falsehoods_programmers_believe_about_addresses|local]])
  * [[http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time|Falsehoods programmers believe about time]] and [[http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time|More falsehoods programmers believe about time]] ([[falsehoods_programmers_believe_about_time|local]])
  * [[http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187&lang=en|Falsehoods programmers believe about geography]]
  * [[https://flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-aviation/|Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation]] ([[Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation|local]])
  * [[https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30296|Falsehoods programmers believe about text]] ([[Falsehoods_programmers_believe_about_text|local]])
  * [[https://medium.com/@malpinder/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-gender-cf1a55085ab2|Falsehoods programmers believe about gender]](("Many of these falsehoods aren’t things that only programmers believe, but widespread societal misconceptions."))

...and some guidelines for further edge-case in [[https://www.grcdi.nl/pidm/|Practical International Data Management]]

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====A falsehood list about falsehood lists====

  * I'll never need to learn a falsehood list, so I can skip it.
  * A falsehood list is complete at the time of writing.
  * OK, but it will surely get updated with new falsehoods and clarifications.
  * Skimming the falsehood list is all I need to do to learn it.
  * OK, but surely I'll remember to recheck the falsehood list once I actually need to, right?
  * If a falsehood doesn't immediately make sense to me, there must be something wrong with it, despite the author having domain expertise that I don't.
  * “Edge cases” live only at the edges; they never creep into the middle.
  * These lists are meant to be for entertainment only

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