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# [Software Engineering Principles #1](https://jgroeneveld.hashnode.dev/software-engineering-principles-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Software engineering is what happens to programming when you add time and other programmers. - Russ Cox Coding something from scratch is (usually) easy. Getting things to work is (usually) easy. Things get complicated when you think about the past, ...

Oct 1, 2022 · 5 min read · jgroeneveld.hashnode.dev  
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[Bilal Khan](https://hashnode.com/@ibilalkayy)

[Oct 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/software-engineering-principles-1/633816ff848d8b3ee0a00c4b/comment/63399f55e594fa4ba3b914e0)

That's an awesome article [Jaap Groeneveld](https://hashnode.com/@jgroeneveld). Thanks for pointing out these things!