> There is also the notion of being able to make better decisions with more "connection material" in your mind. The more you know, the more likely you are to ma

> There is also the notion of being able to make better decisions with more "connection material" in your mind. The more you know, the more likely you are to make a novel connection. I completely agree with this, but I don't believe all blog posts and technical articles are written equal :) You have: 1. Your garden variety tech blog post about somebody's experience using X or Y framework or just a general techy blog. (I'm thinking a joel spolsky or coding horror post here) 2. A technical dive into a specific problem/framework. 3. A raymond chen style blog post explaining the reasons behind some weird api. And then you have the deeper material: 4. The Pragmatic Programmer. Not too dense and can still be enjoyed at a leisurely pace, but contains enough deep thinking type of material to motivate you. 5. A comprehensive reference book about a specific framework or concept (Game Engine Architecture and OpenGL SuperBible come to mind). 6. The Art of Computer Programming. I only consider the last 3 productivity material. The first 3 can be helpful in rare instances, but they're more akin to watching a 3blue1brown video where I say "That was interesting" and proceed to forget all about that topic.