I like to distinguish between Programming and Software Development, even though I don't have precise definitions for them. Programming is what you find in code

I like to distinguish between Programming and Software Development, even though I don't have precise definitions for them. Programming is what you find in code samples and books and tutorials, where the code is clean is readable, and is what most of us fall in love with. Software Development is all about diverse and messy and malicious inputs and outputs, and the code is filled with the hairy edge cases[0], and it is not fun to read, but it is what most of us get paid for. 0 - e.g. the classic https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...