Potion of Productivity

Mixing knowledge and practice for software mastery.

A Deadly Line of Code

The Therac-25 radiation therapy accidents and the Ariana Rocklert incident highlight critical lessons on software safety, human error, and the importance of rigorous testing.

The World’s First Computer Bug

On September 9, 1947, the worlds first computer bug was recorded. But this was no ordinary ‘software bug’. It was a real-life moth that was causing the issues with the computer’s hardware.