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You will never “fix it later”
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Coping strategies for the serial project hoarder
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Only solve one new problem at a time
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First make the change easy, then make the easy change (2021)
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Some ways to get better at debugging
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Code doesn’t have to be a mess
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Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 6 years in dev
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Don’t point out something wrong immediately
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Video Game Project Management Anti-Patterns [pdf]
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3 lines of code shouldn't take all day
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Life is too short to depend on unstable software
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A developer's guide to programatically overcome fear of failure
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Don't write bugs
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Dieter Rams' design principles applied to software engineering
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enkiTS: A C and C++ Task Scheduler for creating parallel programs
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Software engineering topics I changed my mind on
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My Engineering Axioms
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Cargo-style dependency management for C, C++ and other languages with Meson
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Embedded Rules of Thumb (2018)
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Rules of thumb for a 1x developer
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Performance First
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First, Do No Harm: A Hippocratic Oath for Software Developers (2004)
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Some things that might help you make better software (2016)
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How to Debug (2010)
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What if you couldn’t program with loops?
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What does debugging a program look like?
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Rules of optimization
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I am a mediocre developer
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Heisenbug
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Write dumb code
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How to Improve a Legacy Codebase
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Unkown Unknowns: Why you should release early
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Id Software Programming Principles
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Java Exception Handling
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Tips for beginning systems and software engineers
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Things They Don't Teach You in School
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Managing your manager when it comes to legacy code
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The Art of Debugging
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Why debugging is all about understanding
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Anti-Patterns Every Programmer Should Be Aware Of
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Lessons Learned in Software Development
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Write Less Code
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Importance of Side Projects
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The 10 commandments of good source control management
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What should every programmer know about programming?
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Start In The Middle
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A bad workman blames his tools
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Write Dumb Code (2018)
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You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
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Algorithms we develop software by
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Code review antipatterns
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