Adam Tornhill

“Just like a speed reader consumes text in patterns rather than word by word, a strong manual coding background has trained us to spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws.”

2026-10-15

“Instead, the way forward is most likely to capture experience as enforceable constraints.”

2026-10-15

“My personal goal is to get better at working with higher-level abstractions, and accept that writing code is likely to be a dying skill.”

2026-10-15

“Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns. True, Kent Beck is better known for his later work, which is excellent too. But Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns is particularly strong on coding style. I learned a lot by just reading…”

2026-08-11, book, by Kent Beck, loved

“Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson. SICP is my all-time favourite programming book. It's also where I learned about the power of wishful thinking when coding.…”

2026-08-11, book, by Harold Abelson, loved

“Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming by Peter Norvig. Learning the AI described in this book probably won't land you a job today. But reading the code examples will transform how you think about source…”

2026-08-11, book, by Peter Norvig, loved