Machine Code Isn't Scary(jimmyhmiller.com)

153 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 178 comments

"We ran out of columns"(jimmyhmiller.github.io)

1417 points by poidos 2 years ago | 504 comments

Jimmy Miller's blog post recounting stories from his first job's legacy codebase, including a merchants table that ran out of columns and spawned merchants2.

Programming is Art(orchidfiles.com)

166 points by theorchid 1 month ago | 169 comments

Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases(seangoedecke.com)

695 points by BerislavLopac 1 year ago | 307 comments

Blog post by Sean Goedecke on common mistakes engineers make when working in large, decade-old codebases with hundreds of contributors.

The Easiest Way to Build a Type Checker(jimmyhmiller.com)

69 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 21 comments

Code the shortest path first(evanlh.com)

125 points by evanlh 3 years ago | 102 comments