42 ways to fail lovingly in IT

Learning to fail lovingly is an art — especially in IT.
Whether you’re writing code or managing projects. Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned pro. Whether you swear by C#, Rust, or some obscure language only you and its inventor have heard of.
This book is for everyone who started out with big dreams… and then slammed into a wall at full speed.
And for those who’d prefer to avoid that particular experience.

"42 Ways to Lovingly Fail in IT" is no ordinary tech book.
It’s a survival guide for developers — and for everyone who’s ever sat in a daily stand-up and thought:
“Am I the only one who finds this completely absurd?”

What’s inside:

• 42 charmingly satirical ways to crash your IT projects with maximum flair
• Real-life anecdotes so ridiculous they must be true
• Humorous yet thought-provoking reflections on technical (and human) missteps
• Comfort for anyone who’s ever taken “testing is for others” a bit too literally
• Emergency exits for when you’ve coded yourself into a corner
• Perfect for reading, chuckling, gifting — and failing with style

Who is this book for?
For everyone working in IT — or who has at least tried.
For anyone who’s had a brush with Scrum, Git, logging, deployments, or death by PowerPoint.
For all those who enjoy a good failure… as long as they can laugh about it afterward.

The ways:

1. The Glorious Art of Ignoring Data Types
2. Always Apply “Group Thinking”
3. Whoever Uses the Most Buzzwords Wins – Victory by Babbling
4. Testing Is for Others
5. The More Complex, the Better
6. The AI is Always Right (Obviously)
7. Variety Keeps You Young
8. Just Do Support for All Customers on the Side
9. Why Specialize When There Are So Many Exciting Programming Environments?
10. The Cloud Makes Everything Better
11. The Fine Art of Cluelessness – A Guide to Perfect Effort Estimation
12. The Scapegoat – Or: When Humans Are Never to Blame
13. The More External Packages, the More Professional
14. Never Think About Architecture
15. There’s Always Room for One More Abstraction Layer
16. “Just Quickly” and “That Can’t Be Too Much Work” Always Work
17. Keeping the Thrill Alive
18. Do not Create Meaningful Documentation
19. Comments Are for People Who Don’t Know What They’re Doing
20. Applications Should Never Log
21. Avoid Any Error Handling
22. Make Premature Assumptions
23. Ignore Heisenbugs
24. Organize as Many Meetings as Possible
25. Always Work Without or With Vague Requirements
26. For Requirements, Never Ask Someone Who Knows
27. Never, Never Ignore a New Trend
28. If Someone Has Experience, they’ve Only Done it Wrong So Far
29. Call in External Experts
30. My Database – The Unknown Creature
31. Use All the Features of Your Programming Language
32. Abandon All Optimization – There’s Always Faster Hardware
33. Despise Git – Nothing Beats a Local Copy
34. Deployments Only a Day Before Vacation
35. Never Use Your Strengths
36. Communicate Only the Obvious and the Trivial
37. Too Many Cooks Always Make the Best Broth
38. Be the Lone Wolf
39. Ruin Your Health and Private Life
40. Avoid Physical Movement and the Magical Fruit Basket
41. Always Take Everything Personally
42. Sell Yourself Short