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Writing that changed how I think about programming languages

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445 points r4um | 1 comments | 14 May 25 04:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jwr ◴[14 May 25 09:47 UTC] No.43982661[source]▶
I would also highly recommend watching one of Rich Hickey's talks (especially the earlier ones). Watching those certainly changed how I thought about programming in general.
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sph ◴[14 May 25 11:34 UTC] No.43983234[source]▶
Skip “Simple made easy” because I cannot stand hearing that talk quoted by basically every single conference speaker in the last decade. It’s become its own cliché.

(Joking of course. I much prefer “Hammock driven development” but it’s not very corporate friendly)

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1. cnity ◴[14 May 25 12:28 UTC] No.43983702[source]▶
You say that, but if there's one thing I wish more mid-level engineers understood better about good code it's the distinction between simple and easy.