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Awesome Falsehoods

A curated list of awesome articles about falsehoods programmers make about things which are simply untrue.

Time

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

More falsehoods programmers believe about time; “wisdom of the crowd” edition

Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones

Names

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

Phone Numbers

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Phone Numbers

Addresses

Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses

Geography

Falsehoods programmers believe about geography

Falsehoods programmers believe about maps

Gender

Falsehoods Programmers believe about Gender

Tech

Falsehoods programmers believe about networks

Falsehoods programmers believe about build systems

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to make any suggestions via creating an issue or opening a pull request. The ideal article would also include explanations of why the particular falsehoods are not true and give suggestions for what to do instead.

License

This list is released into the public domain.