Why Don't We Have Better Practices?

This essay isn't quite Safe For Work (SFW) and might offend a few people, so be warned, but I found it somewhat humorous. It's a look at all the insanity and problems with programming and software in the world. It certainly makes me glad that those of us working on software don't actually build tangible objects like bridges. However the piece did make me think a bit. Why do we have so conflict and strange practices in many software systems? Why haven't we decided upon more good security practices that we widely disseminate? Why doesn't much of our code follow established patterns, like those that we might use to build a bridge? Read the rest of "Why Don't We Have Better Practices?" at SQLServerCentral.