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Trust NO ONE<br />

When it comes to code that someone else has written, it’s all about trust, and<br />

the real lesson here is to trust no one when it comes to code. Unless you’ve<br />

seen a piece <strong>of</strong> code running, or run your own tests against it, someone else’s<br />

code could be a ticking time bomb that’s just waiting to explode—right when<br />

you need it the most.<br />

When you take on code from a third party, you are relying on that code to<br />

work. It’s no good complaining that it doesn’t work if you never tried to use<br />

it, and until you have seen it running, it’s best to assume that third-party code<br />

doesn’t really work at all.<br />

Your s<strong>of</strong>tware...your responsibility<br />

You’re responsible for how your s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

works. It doesn’t matter if the buggy code in<br />

the s<strong>of</strong>tware wasn’t code you wrote. A bug is a<br />

bug, and as a pro s<strong>of</strong>tware developer, you’re<br />

responsible for all the s<strong>of</strong>tware you deliver.<br />

A third party is not you. That might sound a little obvious, but it’s<br />

really important when you’re tempted to assume that just because you<br />

use a great testing and development process, everyone else does, too.<br />

Never assume that other people are<br />

following your process<br />

Treat every line <strong>of</strong> code developed elsewhere<br />

with suspicion until you’ve tested it, because<br />

not everyone is as pr<strong>of</strong>essional in their<br />

approach to s<strong>of</strong>tware development as you are.<br />

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the next iteration<br />

It doesn’t<br />

matter who<br />

wrote the<br />

code. If it’s<br />

in YOUR<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware,<br />

it’s YOUR<br />

responsibility.<br />

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