Comment by rwoerz

We software engineers are still more like alchimists rather than chemists.

That list reminds me of [1], which rants about this state of affairs and [2] that puts many beliefs to the test.

[1] https://youtu.be/WELBnE33dpY

[2] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/making-software/9780596...