The worst programmer I know(dannorth.net)

1417 points by zdw 3 years ago | 571 comments

Dan North blog post about Tim Mackinnon, a colleague who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates.

Tags to make HTML work like you expect(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

402 points by FromTheArchives 1 year ago | 212 comments

Blog post by Jim Nielsen listing the essential boilerplate HTML tags to include so a basic HTML file behaves as expected in browsers.

Programming peaked(functional.computer)

148 points by Antibabelic 10 months ago | 140 comments

Wayland breaks your bad software(orowith2os.gitlab.io)

14 points by goranmoomin 2 years ago | 11 comments

PID Controller Explainer (2022)(ben.bolte.cc)

74 points by mean_mistreater 2 years ago | 30 comments

Please stop the coding challenges(blackentropy.bearblog.dev)

180 points by CrazyEmi 1 year ago | 370 comments

The worst programmer I know(dannorth.net)

1417 points by zdw 3 years ago | 571 comments

Dan North blog post about Tim Mackinnon, a colleague who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates.

Software engineers hate code(dancowell.com)

323 points by dfcowell 3 years ago | 185 comments

A blog post by Dan Cowell arguing that software engineers dislike code and prefer writing less of it.

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.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work(simonwillison.net)

777 points by simonw 10 months ago | 599 comments

Simon Willison blog post arguing developers must prove their code works through manual and automated testing before submitting it, especially when using LLM tools.

I built a programming language that LLMs can't use(blog.picheta.me)

244 points by dom96 8 days ago | 179 comments

Blog post by Dominik Picheta introducing KillSwitch, a programming language he designed so that large language models cannot use it.