Ask HN: What papers/talks/blogs have stayed with you over time?
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Joel Spolsky’s classic on why you shouldn’t rewrite software pops up in my memory on a regular basis: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...
I make frequent use of the “rule of 3”. Jeff Atwood had a good post about it: https://blog.codinghorror.com/rule-of-three/
And whenever I think of my old job, I always remember Erik Dietrich’s classic on the Expert Beginner https://daedtech.com/how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-th...
I make frequent use of the “rule of 3”. Jeff Atwood had a good post about it: https://blog.codinghorror.com/rule-of-three/
And whenever I think of my old job, I always remember Erik Dietrich’s classic on the Expert Beginner https://daedtech.com/how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-th...
For example, I enjoyed Richard Gabriel's Worse is Better[0] when I first read it, but its only over time that I've realized just how often it applies to something I come across in the real world.
So, what papers/talks/blogs has everyone read that stuck with then over time?
[0] https://dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html