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2023 reboot of the dominos doc "We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins." - Ellen Ullman I’m revisiting Lim’s question again: “If you wanted to 100x your ability to find truly talented people with world changing potential, how wo...

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At some point you will discover the Right Way to program, the thing which makes this all make sense , and you'll be convinced that the whole field would be so much better off if everybody else programmed the Right Way, too. For me the Right Way was test-driven development; for you it might be functional programming, lisp, formal methods or one of a

Dec. 19 • Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays

I often have people newer to the tech industry ask me for secrets to success. There aren’t many, really, but this secret — being willing to do something so terrifically tedious that it appears to be magic — works in tech too.

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visakanv's 50yr "plan" for global nerd network [wip]

Dec. 19 • Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays

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