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6. Be aware that most coding advice is bad. Think about whether there is empirical evidence that a given piece of advice is true.

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diminoten 7y ago
In other words, "Only I hold the real keys, everyone else is lying to you. Trust only me." No, sorry. Invalidates the entire post, #3 notwithstanding. Such a cheap, low effort, lazy cop-out when writing about any topic. What the hell was this guy thinking? I'm certain he's got better wisdom to share than this.
- oneepic 7y ago
  Personally I don't think that's necessarily what he meant, and I don't think it invalidates the entire post. I do wish he added more detail though. He doesn't come off as an asshole to me, like your comment seems to imply. If he were to say that most coding advice was noisy... I mean, I get that feeling too. There's lots of different approaches to the same problem that work in different scenarios, different work environments, domains of expertise, constraints, etc. And yet lots of coding advice is similar to, "<always/never> do X". Unilaterally. Period. And you will end up receiving lots of conflicting advice. It seems like the smarter thing to do is take everything with a grain of salt. You don't have to change everything you do as soon as you read a new blog post, it's just a different approach you could add to your toolbox, then use it someday if it makes sense.
  - diminoten 7y ago
    He's not an asshole, but he gave in to the lack of any kind of rigor required to make a blog post. We're all guilty of it, but I hope we're all also willing to call each other on it.
albertoCaroM 7y ago
Indeed, Usually, all coding advices are too emphatic or clickbait. ex: The 10 languages you have to learn in 2020. The most important js framework. The 10 books you must read. But in reality, all advice depends, they depend on what are you doing, what you know, what is your experience....

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diminoten 7y ago

In other words, "Only I hold the real keys, everyone else is lying to you. Trust only me." No, sorry. Invalidates the entire post, #3 notwithstanding. Such a cheap, low effort, lazy cop-out when writing about any topic. What the hell was this guy thinking? I'm certain he's got better wisdom to share than this.

oneepic 7y ago
Personally I don't think that's necessarily what he meant, and I don't think it invalidates the entire post. I do wish he added more detail though. He doesn't come off as an asshole to me, like your comment seems to imply. If he were to say that most coding advice was noisy... I mean, I get that feeling too. There's lots of different approaches to the same problem that work in different scenarios, different work environments, domains of expertise, constraints, etc. And yet lots of coding advice is similar to, "<always/never> do X". Unilaterally. Period. And you will end up receiving lots of conflicting advice. It seems like the smarter thing to do is take everything with a grain of salt. You don't have to change everything you do as soon as you read a new blog post, it's just a different approach you could add to your toolbox, then use it someday if it makes sense.
- diminoten 7y ago
  He's not an asshole, but he gave in to the lack of any kind of rigor required to make a blog post. We're all guilty of it, but I hope we're all also willing to call each other on it.

albertoCaroM 7y ago

Indeed, Usually, all coding advices are too emphatic or clickbait. ex: The 10 languages you have to learn in 2020. The most important js framework. The 10 books you must read. But in reality, all advice depends, they depend on what are you doing, what you know, what is your experience....