Hackers and Painters(paulgraham.com)
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Hackers and Painters
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See http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm
for an amusing counterpoint to PG's original post
I thought it was submitted earlier, wanted to see discussions.
Most of the book is a recompilation of his essays so if you introduce the link of an essay in HN probably there is already is a thread for it.