A curated list of awesome articles about falsehoods programmers make about things which are simply untrue.
Falsehoods programmers believe about time
More falsehoods programmers believe about time; “wisdom of the crowd” edition
Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Phone Numbers
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Falsehoods programmers believe about geography
Falsehoods programmers believe about maps
Falsehoods Programmers believe about Gender
Falsehoods programmers believe about networks
Falsehoods programmers believe about build systems
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to make any suggestions via creating an issue or opening a pull request. The ideal article would also include explanations of why the particular falsehoods are not true and give suggestions for what to do instead.
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