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I am in complete disagreement with this sentiment! If you're using my code and hit a bug, I am, genuinely, sorry. The goal state is craft software that works p
by dilap 7y ago
I am in complete disagreement with this sentiment!
If you're using my code and hit a bug, I am, genuinely, sorry. The goal state is craft software that works properly. That is not an unreasonable goal!
Of course, mistakes will happen, but you should be sorry, and you should think about what would have avoided it (better programming methodology? better testing?).
Aim to create high-quality software that delights its users!
- zeroimpl 7y agoApologizing and feeling sorry are two different things. If you say sorry for every bug, the word will lose meaning.
- dilap 7y agoI'm not like on my knees begging for forgiveness, but I feel regret that an unfortunate thing happened. To me it's a similar situation to if I, say, accidentally spilled your drink; something of that nature. (I guess different people could attach different amounts of significance to the word. To me it simply means, "I feel sympathy that this unfortunate thing happened, and I wish it had not.")