Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.
Incorrect documentation is often worse than no documentation.
You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time.
There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.
Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about it matters little.
Writing a class without its contract would be similar to producing an engineering component (electrical circuit, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) chip, bridge, engine. . . ) without a spec. No professional engineer would even consider the idea.
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what in French is called esprit de l'escalier or wit of the staircase: a great thought which unfortunately is an afterthought, like a clever reply that would have stunned all the other dinner guests - if only you had thought of it before walking down the stairs after the party is over.
Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor. Life isn't all that deadly all the time, but while you're having fun, tell the truth. If every word of a column is deadly serious, I can't read it. It makes me throw up.
The organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't. So I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. Some people won't understand, but I don't give an account to some people.
I'm starting to mistrust my judgment.
I work in a creative industry. My work isn't terribly hard, it's artistically explorative, so I have no complaints.