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The list is heavily weighted to implementation details. I'd include a few essays like "The Rise of Worse is Better" (http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.

The list is heavily weighted to implementation details. I'd include a few essays like "The Rise of Worse is Better" (http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html) to encourage programmers to take a step back and think about design and architecture more often.

mwnz 12y ago
+1 to this.
arethuza 12y ago
Maybe also the wonderful "Big Ball of Mud" essay: http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html
dsugarman 12y ago
I have to mess with the html to read the article because of the background..
- OWaz 12y ago
  On Chrome I use the Stylebot plugin because there are many sites that make it difficult to read their content.
Alupis 12y ago
I would argue that every programmer should be at least exposed to some assembly, so you can understand (and appreciate) a little more about how the computer actually does what it does. A great (free!) ebook pdf is "Programming From The Ground Up" on the GNU site: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/
platz 12y ago
HOWTO: Be more productive http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/productivity http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/productivity On Being A Senior Engineer http://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/10/25/on-being-a-senior-engineer/ http://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/10/25/on-being-a-senior-engi...
- MasterScrat 12y ago
  > Life is short (or so I’m told) so why waste it doing something dumb? Ooh Aaron... :-(
zem 12y ago
if we're adding "philosophy of programming" essays, i'm a huge fan of james hague's "Slumming with BASIC Programmers" [http://prog21.dadgum.com/21.html http://prog21.dadgum.com/21.html]. it's a small post, but i personally found and continue to find it very thought-provoking.