Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale(testing.googleblog.com)

277 points by gslin 3 years ago | 155 comments

Don't DRY Your Code Prematurely(testing.googleblog.com)

690 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 368 comments

Google Testing Blog "Code Health" post arguing against applying Don't Repeat Yourself too early, since premature abstractions make future changes harder.

Test Failures Should Be Actionable(testing.googleblog.com)

13 points by mike-the-brain 2 years ago | 3 comments

This Code Is CRAP (2011)(testing.googleblog.com)

69 points by luispa 1 month ago | 47 comments

Smurf: Beyond the Test Pyramid(testing.googleblog.com)

58 points by BerislavLopac 2 years ago | 36 comments

April Fools 2014: The *Real* Test Driven Development (2014)(testing.googleblog.com)

107 points by omot 1 year ago | 21 comments

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

Web development is fun again(ma.ttias.be)

444 points by Mojah 9 months ago | 544 comments

Mattias Geniar's blog post reflecting on how web development felt simpler in the PHP 4 and jQuery era and arguing it has become fun again.

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.

Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)(blog.hofstede.it)

564 points by zdw 7 months ago | 246 comments

A blog post sharing practical Unix shell tricks and keyboard shortcuts for bash and other shells to speed up everyday terminal work.

The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide(sysprog21.github.io)

340 points by asicsp 3 years ago | 26 comments

Online edition of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Salzman, Burian, Pomerantz, Mottram and Huang, with GitHub source and PDF download.