Cripes, these "Falsehoods programmers believe about ________" are all problems, no solutions
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After removing all those things the software mustn't do, can the software even, in principle, exist? Maybe... Hopefully...
But that leads into some broader points, like: does the software actually need to do that? Or exist at all? "The best code is no code"
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And other grand, dumb observations about software, like: "94% good may be good enough" And just in general: "You can't please everybody"
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Is it better to screw up because you failed to consider every possibility, or because you considered it and decided not to support it?
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