97 Things Every Programmer Should Know by Kevlin Henney

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Kevlin Henneyĭeliberate practice is not simply performing a task. Giles ColborneĬomment what the code cannot say, not simply what it does not say. Pay off technical debt as soon as possible.

As usual I'm going to quote from a few pages: Is an excellent book edited by Kevlin Henney (isbn 978-8-5).

97 Things Every Programmer Should Know by Kevlin Henney