"Software Engineering" Is Not Engineering (2005)

Hacker News surfaced a twenty-year-old essay yesterday—archived from Geocities, no less—titled 'Software Engineering Is Not Engineering.' The resurfaced post attracted thirty-five upvotes and twenty-nine comments, suggesting the question of whether software development constitutes true engineering still resonates with developers.

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