For one thing, on Stack Overflow there's a steady drumbeat of replies and comments that take Martin's writings and aphorisms as being the alpha and omega of sof

For one thing, on Stack Overflow there's a steady drumbeat of replies and comments that take Martin's writings and aphorisms as being the alpha and omega of software quality. Martin has a lot of good advice (along with some dubious attitudes) for someone relatively new to programming, but he most definitely does not have the last word on the issue.