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Pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 3 stories, 4 comments · first 2023-03-23 · latest 2026-04-06
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I bet you a paycheck that of anyone read one of the “97 things” books, they would think the essays are AI generated even though they came out way before LLMs. https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-shou...
comment by raw_anon_1111 · 2026-04-06 · in Ask HN: How do systems (or people) detect when a text is written by an LLM -
I recently re-read parts of this book thst I haven’t read in years. https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-shou... I think it originally came out in 2013. If I were just introduced to it today, I would think some of the…
comment by raw_anon_1111 · 2025-10-23 · in Why do LMMs overuse these patterns of speech that aren't overused in the wild? -
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Ninety Seven Things Every Programmer Should Knowstory by ldite · 2025-04-25 · 1 comment
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Beauty Is in Simplicity – Things Every Programmer Should Knowstory by infodaemon · 2024-07-27 · 0 comments
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This is a good start https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-shou...
comment by chiefalchemist · 2023-09-20 · in Ask HN: Please share your programming wisdoms -
Does it work? If it works then you have to think twice before any changes. The irony is, poorly written often also means unintended consequences if once you refactor. Balloon grabs are the worst. The business doesn't care about…
comment by chiefalchemist · 2023-03-25 · in Ask HN: Senior engineers, how do you deal with poorly written software? -
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Ask “What Would the User Do?” (You Are Not the User)story by chiefalchemist · 2023-03-23 · 2 comments