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Humans vs Computers Kindle Edition

by Gojko Adzic (Author), Nikola Korac (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
Humans vs Computers is a book about people caught between wrong assumptions and computer bugs. You'll read about humans who are invisible to computers, how a default password once caused a zombie apocalypse and why airlines sometimes give away free tickets. This is also a book on how to prevent, avoid and reduce the impact of such problems.

Our lives are increasingly tracked, monitored and categorised by software, driving a flood of information into the vast sea of big data. In this brave new world, humans can't cope with information overload. Governments and companies alike rely on computers to automatically detect fraud, predict behaviour and enforce laws. Inflexible automatons, barely smarter than a fridge, now make life-changing decisions. Clever marketing tricks us into believing that phones, TV sets and even cars are somehow smart. Yet all those computer systems were created by people - people who are well-meaning but fallible and biased, clever but forgetful, and who have grand plans but are pressed for time. Digitising a piece of work doesn't mean there will be no mistakes, but instead guarantees that when mistakes happen, they'll run at a massive scale.

The next time you bang your head against a digital wall, the stories in this book will help you understand better what's going on and show you where to look for problems. If nothing else, when it seems as if you're under a black-magic spell, these stories will at least allow you to see the lighter side of the binary chaos.

For people involved in software delivery, this book will help you find more empathy for people suffering from our mistakes, and discover heuristics to use during analysis, development or testing to make your software less error prone.

About the author

Gojko Adzic is a partner at Neuri Consulting LLP, winner of the 2016 European Software Testing Outstanding Achievement Award, and the 2011 Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Award. Gojko's book Specification by Example won the Jolt Award for the best book of 2012, and his blog won the UK Agile Award for the best online publication in 2010.

Gojko is a frequent keynote speaker at leading software development conferences and one of the authors of MindMup and Claudia.js. As a consultant, Gojko has helped companies around the world improve their software delivery, from some of the largest financial institutions to small innovative startups.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074WLHL69
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Gojko Adzic is a partner at Neuri Consulting LLP. He one of the 2019 AWS Serverless Heroes, the winner of the 2016 European Software Testing Outstanding Achievement Award, and the 2011 Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Award. Gojko’s book Specification by Example won the Jolt Award for the best book of 2012, and his blog won the UK Agile Award for the best online publication in 2010.

Gojko is a frequent speaker at software development conferences and one of the authors of MindMup and Claudia.js.

As a consultant, Gojko has helped companies around the world improve their software delivery, from some of the largest financial institutions to small innovative startups. Gojko specialises in are agile and lean quality improvement, in particular impact mapping, agile testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development.

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  • CrimsonPearl
    5.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining and eye-opening read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2017
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    An entertaining compendium of cautionary tales about software clashing with the untamable reality, and a sobering look at how our world is becoming ever more computerised, yet how messy it all is.

    You can't really go wrong with something written by Gojko Adzic; I can only recommend his earlier books—especially Impact Mapping, and Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your Tests—and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Of notable importance to readers who want to dig deeper, a list of references accompanies each story.

    I actually gave my copy to a friend of mine who I know would enjoy it, and I'm about to order a few more copies. Keep 'em coming, Gojko!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Should be mandatory read for every qa or ux responsible.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2017
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    It's rare enough to find a tech book that make you laugh to tears. But Gojko manage to pack also a lot of useful hints and practical suggestions inside as well.
    We got all got hit by some sloppy coder who did an assumption too many in their software. This book collection is both funny and scary. Most importantly at the end there are good analysis of why those errors were introduced and how to avoid them.
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  • Mr. Si Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, entertaining & informative
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2017
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    I’ve worked in IT for 20 years as a developer, support analyst, IT architect and I’ve come across my share of interesting IT problems and user errors.

    I laughed out loud at many of the things that have occurred and were highlighted by the book. The book is well researched, enjoyable to read but also made me think.

    Recommended
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  • Karl Scotland
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2017
    This is an insightful and entertaining journey through the world of software quality. A must read for anyone wanting a better understanding of why software fails and how to avoid creating your own disaster stories.
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  • Adam Knight
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite books on Software Development and Testing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2017
    This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite books on Software Development and Testing. Through a compilation of relevant and sometimes humorous anecdotes, Gojko communicates a series of relevant and profound lessons on the consequences that can arise when insufficient thought has been given to a computer system that we subsequently rely on. Storytelling is a very effective means of conveying information and learning. The beauty of presenting a book in this way is that the lessons presented through real-world stories persist in the mind long after dry facts or statistics would have been forgotten.
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  • Jays
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on 17 October 2017
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    Very good book!
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  • DLed
    5.0 out of 5 stars Curb your enthusiasm about software and have a good laugh
    Reviewed in Germany on 11 September 2017
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    The first book in a while causing uncontrollable laughs in public transport. While highly entertaining, the story is not a funny one. It's a reminder to people in software engineering to be humble about and critical of their own work. For the general public it's an up to date collection of things that can and do go wrong with software. AI and robots taking over our lives will have to wait a couple of iterations of Humans+Computers co-evolution
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  • Kepa
    3.0 out of 5 stars Entretenido, pero no muy útil
    Reviewed in Spain on 27 December 2018
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    El libro es una colección de anécdotas (pifias relacionadas con la informática).

    Había leído otros libros de Gojko y esperaba algo de "más nivel".

    Puede ser que este libro este más dirigido a un público general. Aunque por momentos entra en cuestiones puras de programación.

    En definitiva, un libro para sacar anécdotas para contar a la hora del café en la ofi y poco más.
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  • ted
    2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on 18 October 2017
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    More about bad coding than anything else.
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  • Oscar Alexander Beltran Acosta
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intéressant
    Reviewed in the United States on 29 September 2017
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    Un livre intéressant dans lequel l'auteur partage quelques expériences. Des situations pouvant générer des mal fonctionnements des systèmes informatiques. Certaines moins probables que d'autres.
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