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While areas like algorithm... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/programmers-adopt-very-bad-ideas---casey-muratori-swvs9com1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/swvs9COM1.png og:image:alt: Programmers Adopt Very Bad Ideas - Casey Muratori og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Programmers Adopt Very Bad Ideas - Casey Muratori **[NeetCode](https://daily.dev/sources/neetcode)** · 1 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Casey Muratori argues that programmers frequently adopt bad ideas partly because software development lacks scientific rigor. While areas like algorithm complexity analysis are grounded in real mathematics, practices like object-oriented design are often treated as if they have the same empirical backing when they don't. 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