Why I do programming(esafev.com)
65 points by artmare | 38 comments
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JavaScript Gom Jabbar(frantic.im)
527 points by disadvantage | 238 comments
A satirical blog post framing reading a JavaScript package.json file as a Dune-style Gom Jabbar test of pain for veteran developers.
Why I love OCaml (2023)(mccd.space)
379 points by art-w | 270 comments
Personal blog post by Marc Coquand explaining why he loves OCaml, comparing it with Haskell and other languages he has used.
I just want to code (2023)(zachbellay.com)
259 points by SCUSKU | 159 comments
Why F#?(batsov.com)
419 points by bozhidar | 386 comments
Bozhidar Batsov's blog post explaining why he started using F#, the ML-family functional language for .NET, coming from OCaml and Java.
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I'm just having fun(jyn.dev)
457 points by lemper | 209 comments
A blog post by jyn, a compiler engineer, arguing that programming isn't a competition and that they write about technical topics simply for fun.
I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)
705 points by jamesrandall | 556 comments
Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.
Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight(karpathy.bearblog.dev)
637 points by __rito__ | 261 comments
Andrej Karpathy blog post about using LLMs to grade decade-old Hacker News discussions and commenters' predictions with hindsight, presented as an "HN Time Capsule" site.
I'm addicted to being useful(seangoedecke.com)
519 points by swah | 265 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog essay on loving his software engineering job because he is driven by being useful, drawing on Gogol's The Overcoat.
Do your own writing(alexhwoods.com)
690 points by karimf | 222 comments
Blog post by Alex Woods arguing against using LLMs to write documents and essays, since writing is a way to think and build trust.
Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)
606 points by signa11 | 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.