Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)(norvig.com)

165 points by smartmic 1 year ago | 71 comments

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)(norvig.com)

171 points by vinhnx 3 months ago | 102 comments

The seven programming ur-languages (2022)(madhadron.com)

321 points by helloplanets 6 months ago | 123 comments

Essay on the madhadron blog arguing programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore instead of similar mainstream languages.

The seven programming ur-languages (2021)(madhadron.com)

320 points by surprisetalk 3 years ago | 167 comments

An essay on the madhadron blog arguing that programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore, rather than near-identical mainstream ones.

HTML, the Programming Language(html-lang.org)

266 points by recursivedoubts 2 years ago | 126 comments

This Is Knuth 3:16 (2002)(larry.denenberg.com)

122 points by signa11 2 years ago | 25 comments

You are never taught how to build quality software(florianbellmann.com)

480 points by RunOrVeith 2 years ago | 411 comments

Blog post by Florian Bellmann arguing that software developers are never formally taught how to build quality software and discussing QA practices.

The future of software development is software developers(codemanship.wordpress.com)

376 points by cdrnsf 10 months ago | 471 comments

A Codemanship blog post arguing that the future of software development still depends on human software developers.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.

Programming languages that blew my mind (2023)(yoric.github.io)

329 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 182 comments

A blog post by David Teller recounting the programming languages that changed how he thinks about programming over his career.

Programming Tutorials Are Dead(robrace.dev)

29 points by polysaturate 1 month ago | 4 comments

Blog post by Rob Race, who sells programming education, arguing that traditional programming tutorials are dead.

A bunch of programming advice I'd give to myself 15 years ago(mbuffett.com)

493 points by marcusbuffett 2 years ago | 289 comments

A personal blog post in which a programmer lists advice he would give his younger self, such as fixing recurring team problems at their root.