Explores fundamental programming principles that help self-taught developers write better code. Covers actionable concepts like the rule of three (refactor only after writing code three times), "make it work, make it right, make it fast" prioritization, idempotency, single responsibility principle, and maintaining one level of abstraction per function. Emphasizes writing code that's easy to reason about rather than prematurely optimizing, with practical examples showing how to apply these principles during daily coding.
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From pithy statements to actual useful habits permalinkWriting the right thing permalinkThe crappy first version permalinkAre they all the same thing? permalinkBibliography and further reading permalinkKilian ValkhofSort: