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Guidance for quality assurance of code for civil service researchers and analysts.
https://best-practice-and-impact.github.io/qa-of-code-guidance
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Putting the duck in Duck Book #166

Closed tony-stone closed 11 months ago

tony-stone commented 11 months ago

There is no way you can make this public and not explain to a general readership why it is known as the Duck Book.

In short: what the the duck is a Duck Book?

RichardP-tt commented 11 months ago

I've heard it's because it's water-based (AQUA book) and is a quacker (QUality Assurance of C(K)ode for Analysis and Research)?

tony-stone commented 11 months ago

And I thought initialisms and acronyms in academia were contrived… 😉

rowanhemsi commented 11 months ago

You're exactly right @RichardP-tt, the guidance sit on top of The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government and I think what started as a bit of an inside joke became the most common name 😅

tony-stone commented 11 months ago

Great, thanks @rowanhemsi for confirming @RichardP-tt ‘s input. A quacker indeed.

My audience appreciated the explanation of the name with a groan 😂