Steve Yegge
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Steve Yegge is an American programmer known for long essays on languages, productivity and software culture.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Amazon: Senior manager of software development, 1998 to 2005 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Google: Senior staff software engineer in Kirkland, Washington, 2005 to 2018 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Grab: Joined in 2018; announced he was leaving in May 2020 (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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32 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Writing your own stuff, even when it is a struggle, is fitness training for the brain, and a fit brain will be a key differentiator in the AI era. (opens korrents.com)
“From my pov there are two reasons to write your own stuff, even if it's a struggle. First, it's fitness training for your brain. If you struggle to write, your brain is flabby. Having a fit brain will be a key…”
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Readers would rather read a person's "bad" writing than polished AI writing, because even one AI-written sentence is easy to spot. (opens korrents.com)
“And second, we would all rather read your "bad" writing than polished AI writing. Trust me on this one. We can spot even one sentence of AI writing and it stinks.”
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Bad writing is fine; the way to get in shape as a writer is to write more of it, every day. (opens korrents.com)
“Your bad writing is fine. Just do more of it, every day, to get in shape and stay in shape.”
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Writing your own stuff, even when it is a struggle, is fitness training for the brain, and a fit brain will be a key differentiator in the AI era. (opens korrents.com)
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11 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is one of my favorite books on programming, although I burned through it in about 3 or 4 hours, and didn't learn a huge amount from it.”
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (opens rcmnd.app)
“and there aren't many books like it. None, maybe. They don't typically teach you how to write good code in school, and you may never learn on the job.”
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Design Patterns (opens rcmnd.app)
“This book was incredible.”
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (opens rcmnd.app)