Another Glossary
It's late and the words are stuck, so here's a list of the terms defined in the second book I'm working on:
| 90-9-1 rule | active bystander | active listening |
| actor | actual result (of test) | agile development |
| ally | alpha geek | already invented here syndrome |
| analysis & estimation | analysis paralysis | assertion |
| attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | auto-completion | automated program repair |
| big-bang integration | Boehm Curve | branch |
| branch-per-feature workflow | breakpoint | Brook's Law |
| BSD license | build manager | build number |
| bullshit | business rule | byte code |
| casual threat | catch (an exception) | CC-BY |
| CC0 | centralized system | chaotic decomposition |
| chunking | clone | code browser |
| code coverage | code metric | code review |
| cognitive bias | cognitive dimensions of notation | cognitive load |
| cognitive transition | comma-separated values (CSV) | commit |
| commit message | commons | community of practice |
| competent practitioner | compiled language | conceptual architecture |
| conditional breakpoint | conflict | confounding variables |
| console | continuous integration | control group |
| Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) | copyright | critical mass |
| cross-site scripting attack (XSS) | crunch mode | CSS selector |
| curly-brace language | dark matter developer | data mining |
| dead code | decentralized system | decision meeting |
| defensive programming | delta debugging | design by contract |
| design for test | design pattern | development process |
| DevOps | diagnostic power | dictionary attack |
| digital signature | discoverability | discussion meeting |
| doc comment | docstring | Document Object Model (DOM) |
| documentation generator | Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) | double blind |
| dynamic analysis | dynamic typing | elevator pitch |
| embedded database | entity-relationship diagram | exception |
| expected result (of test) | expert | expert blind spot |
| external error | extraneous load | failure |
| fault | feature boxing | feature creep |
| feature decomposition | feigning ignorance | fidelity |
| finite state machine (FSM) | fixture | flow |
| fork | formative assessment | functional decomposition |
| functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) | fuzz testing | generational garbage collection |
| germane load | GNU Public License | goal-question-metric (GQM) |
| governance | GUI designer | heuristic |
| hitchiker | hot spot | Human Resources |
| hypercorrection_effect | in-memory database | insider threat |
| Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | intellectual property | internal error |
| interpreted language | interpreter | intimate threat |
| intrinsic load | issue tracker | JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) |
| just-in-time compiler (JIT) | key | label (an issue) |
| layered configuration | legitimate peripheral participation | lending privilege |
| license | linter | logging |
| long tail | long-term memory (LTM) | mail filter |
| Markdown | marketing | Martha's Rules |
| mental model | merge | microservice |
| milestone | MIT License | mock object |
| model | model-view-controller (MVC) | modular decomposition |
| Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (see "bullshit") | neurodivergent | neurotypical |
| non-disclosure agreement (NDA) | not invented here syndrome (NIH) | novice |
| OCEAN model | open license | Open-Closed Principle |
| package manager | package manifest | pair programming |
| patch | patent | path coverage |
| pattern rule | phishing | placebo |
| plugin | post-commit hook | post-condition |
| post-mortem | pre-commit hook | pre-condition |
| pre-registration | preparatory privilege | product manager |
| profiler | project manager | pull |
| pull request | push | qualitative method |
| quantitative method | quasi-experiment | rabbit hole |
| raise (an exception) | raster image | rebase |
| refactoring | remote | repository |
| Representational State Transfer (REST) | reproducible example (reprex) | requirements error |
| root cause | rotating decomposition | rotating file |
| schema | Schrödinger's Asshole | Scottish verdict |
| scriptable | Scrum | security theater |
| semantic versioning | sense vote | short-term memory (STM) |
| social engineering | sociotechnical congruence | software portal |
| spearphishing | sprint | SQL injection attack |
| stand-up meeting | static analysis | static site generator |
| static typing | straw man | string I/O |
| style checker | symbolic debugger | team contract |
| technical debt | test framework | test runner |
| test suite | test-driven development (TDD) | throw (an exception) |
| time boxing | timestamp | to-don't list |
| tone policing | trade secret | trademark |
| treatment group | triage | two-factor authentication (2FA) |
| type declaration | unconscious bias | Unified Modeling Language (UML) |
| unit test | use-case map | user story |
| version number | virtual machine (VM) | waterfall model |
| What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) | workflow diagram | working memory |
| YAML |
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