Links

Articles I keep bringing up in conversations:

Big Ideas

• Talks That Changed The Way I Think About Programming :: Paradigm-shifting presentations
• The Law of Leaky Abstractions :: Why you need to understand what's beneath abstractions
• Why I Find It Hard to Learn With AI :: How AI coding assistants can interfere with deep learning
• It Only Takes Two Weeks :: Advice for learning and life
• Just Fucking Code :: (True) satire: "The bar for programming is in the dirt..."

Tools

• Godbolt Compiler Explorer :: See how your code compiles to assembly in real-time
• OWASP Cheat Sheets :: A concise collection of high value info on specific application security topics
• Vim Bindings :: Every Vim binding Lucas knows

Best Practices

• Best Practices for a New Go Developer :: Essential reading if you plan to code in Go
• Against Database Teardown :: Why you should stop resetting your test database

Talks

• How I program in C :: "In the beginning all you want is results, in the end, all you want is control"
• Wat :: Wat! A lightning talk by Gary Bernhardt

Oh, you were looking for social links?

I'm afraid I don't use social media much, but I'm flattered you'd like to connect. Email me if you want to chat. I have a Bluesky, though I'm on it sparingly. Rest in peace, Twitter.