Comments on Andrzej on Software: Applying chess lessons to programming

Hey Piotr, Nice to see you here :) Totally agree...

2015-10-28T00:01:27.075+01:00

Hey Piotr,

Nice to see you here :)

Totally agree with the feeling that chess has influence on my work. Candidate moves is something we probably do now intuitively, right? :)

When things are happening at production servers, then no easy way to do undo or git reset, but yeah, overall in chess one mistake may be a lost game, while in programming we have more chances to recover.

Very nice article, Andrzej :) As a chessplayer and...

2015-10-27T21:36:11.216+01:00

Very nice article, Andrzej :) As a chessplayer and software developer, I have quite similar observations. Moreover, I feel that the "chess" kind of thinking has significant influence to the ways I choose during analyzing/coding (for instance: candidate moves vs picking the right design pattern).

But I also found one major divergence between those two disciplines. Namely, there's neither "undo" nor "git reset" in chess game!

Plan is to build a home ;)

2015-10-27T19:37:31.390+01:00

Plan is to build a home ;)

@Chlebik Thanks! 3rd category now, but what'...

2015-10-27T15:40:29.094+01:00

@Chlebik

Thanks!

3rd category now, but what's the plan for the next 5 years? :)

If you fancy a chess game, then ping me at chess.com (nick: andrzej) :)

Master Candidate, nice, it really means something....

2015-10-27T15:27:04.543+01:00

Master Candidate, nice, it really means something. I've just plain and simple 3rd category. Great article too.