Lets face it, lots of software is extremely poorly written and for those of us who spend our time reading that software (and often writing it) the eternal question is always, “how do we fix our mistakes?” While there is no easy solution, there are many small things that you can do to make yourself a better coder.

Scott Berkun, in his presentation at Northeastern University enumerates a few of the more useful tips. If you ever have to deal with software, or just want to understand the mind of the corder then you would do well to watch it.

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