Everything is Broken (And That's Okay!)

Our world is controlled by software. As with everything that is created by humans, software is error-prone. Everyone got annoyed by bugs and UI/UX issues before, but what exactly does "broken" really mean and are there different kinds of brokenness? Let's explore the fun, enthralling, and quirky state of our (digital) world and see what we can do to make it better.

Matthias is a programming dinosaur from Düsseldorf, feeling right at home in the lower levels of the computing stack. In his day job he's working on Web Performance at trivago - but at night, he's vanishing into his Batcave to write emulators and WebAssembly modules for fun and profit. He used to have a YouTube channel called "Hello, Rust!" which he is planning to revive since one year. "It will be back one day", he promises. In the meantime check out his blog at endler.dev or his Twitter @matthiasendler.

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17. Seal up cracks and openings =
    Clean up the kitchen =
    Create a barrier to keep bugs out =

    Keep reviewing your own code

    Keep a focus on development
    

    Keep writing unit tests

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24. UberPool
    

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26. UberFreight?
    

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28. UberBike!
    

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30. UberEats.
    

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33. First Name Last Name
    

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34. People have exactly one canonical full name.
    

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35. People’s names do not change.
    

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36. People’s names are written in ASCII.
    

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37. People’s names do not contain numbers.
    

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38. Alright alright but surely people’s names
    are diverse enough such that no million
    people share the same name.
    

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39. My system will never have to deal with
    names from China.
    

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40. People’s names are assigned at birth.
    

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41. OK, maybe not at birth, but at least pretty
    close to birth.
    

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42. Alright, alright, within a year or so of
    birth.
    

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43. Five years?
    

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44. You’re kidding me, right?
    

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45. People have names.
    

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47. Geometry
    the branch of mathematics
    concerned with the properties
    and relations of points, lines,
    surfaces, solids, and higher
    dimensional analogues.
    

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49. Computer Science
    

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50. assumptions are unavoidable
    mental model of how the computer works
    interface with other code
    ui/ux
    time pressure
    budget constraints
    KKL
    

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51. mitigations
    accept that mental models are flawed
    accept that you will make mistakes
    start small
    iterate
    keep it simple
    let external people test
    embrace change
    build a culture around sharing knowledge
    build a common understanding
    code reviews
    learn to communicate
    drop your ego
    build a diverse team
    

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56. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/10/221326-a-large-scale-study-of-programming-languages-and-code-quality-in-github/fulltext
    

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57. Funded by Mozilla
    First version: 2010
    Version 1.0S May 2015
    Current stable version:
    1.38
    

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58. Memory safety
    No undefined behavior
    Fearless concurrency
    HighXlevel language concepts
    Easily embeddable into existing
    projects
    Strong compiler checks
    

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61. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/10/221326-a-large-scale-study-of-programming-languages-and-code-quality-in-github/fulltext
    

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65. Open Standard
    Language independent
    Safe sandbox
    Superfast
    Works everywhere
    

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67. https://github.com/mre/awesome-static-analysis/
    

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68. tool tips
    use safer languages (Rust, Ada, Coq,
    Idris)
    use sandboxes (Docker, WASM,KKL)
    Write tests
    Type systems
    it's 2019, get yourself an IDE
    use common libraries
    use linters (awesome static analysis)
    don't roll your own crypto!
    

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69. foster creativity
    

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77. accept failure
    beware of bias
    embrace change
    invest in tooling
    don't be a jerk
    

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78. A

    Broken web, broken ping.
    Broken arrays, broken strings.
    D

    Broken cores, broken cache.
    A
    Virus, shellshock, broken bash.
    E

    No use rewritin’

    No use jokin’
    

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    Everything is broken.
    

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79. A
    Broken mail, broken dates.
    Broken switches, glitchy games.

    D
    Broken planes, broken cars.

    A
    Broken rovers, left on mars.

    E
    Broken backups, data stolen.
    Everything is broken.
    

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    Seem like every time you stop and turn around
    D

    Something else just hit the ground
    

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80. A

    Broken Facebook, broken Slack
    Broken Windows, broken mac
    D

    Broken bytes, broken DOS
    A

    Broken scripts of broken bots
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    Display burnin,
    server smokin’
    

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    Everything is broken.
    

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81. A
    Broken code on jailbroken phones.
    Broken crypto, broken consoles.

    D
    Broken pipes, broken tools.

    A
    Hackers bending broken rules;

    E
    Lost wallet with your Bitcoin tokens
    Everything is broken.
    

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    Everytime you leave and go off someplace
    D

    Things fall to pieces in my face
    

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