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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
What’s Going on With Developers and AI?220
videos, ai, vibe-coding
8 Myths on Software Engineering and AI219
ai, productivity, metrics, studies, research, myths
Modern Engineering Values218
ai, career
Let the Agents Democratize Open Source217
ai, ai-agents, foss
Is AI Causing a Repeat of Frontend’s Lost Decade? (mb2/mas)216
ai, career, quality
Social Media Is Ruining Developers215
videos, social-media, culture, career, monetization
The Old World of Tech Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born (bal)214
politics, community, ai
TypeScript, C#, and Turbo Pascal With Anders Hejlsberg (ahe/ger)213
videos, interviews, javascript, typescript, microsoft
Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026 (jet)212
surveys, code-editors, tooling
Write Code That’s Easy to Delete: The Art of Impermanent Software211
maintainability
Agentic Coding Is a Trap210
ai-agents, ai
I Used to Love Coding—Now I Just Prompt (har)209
ai, career
Programming Still Sucks (ste)208
career
Parse, Don’t Validate—in a Language That Doesn’t Want You To207
parsing, validation, typescript, type-safety
Will AI Replace Software Developers?206
discussions, ai, career
The Design Engineer Symptom: What a Rising Job Title Reveals205
design, ai, career
The Diminished Art of Coding (nol)204
code-reviews, ai, vibe-coding
The Two Worlds of Programming: Why Developers Who Make the Same Observations About LLMs Come to Opposite Conclusions (bal)203
ai
The Real Skill in Programming Is Debugging—Everything Else Is Copy–Paste202
debugging
Fast Software: More Programmers, Not Fewer (yeg)201
career, hiring, ai
x86 CPU Made in CSS (reb)200
css, functionality
Lil’ Fun Langs (sur)199
overviews, link-lists
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs. GPT-5: The 2026 Developer Benchmark198
claude, anthropic, openai, ai, comparisons, metrics, documentation
Web Development Is More Than Frontend and Backend (Here’s What Actually Matters)197
career
A Programmer’s Loss of a Social Identity (rat)196
career, community
A Brief History of Programming… (fir)195
videos, history
Software as Fast Fashion (tan)194
ai, sustainability, economics
Manufacturing as Code Is the Future, and the Future Is Now193
outlooks
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering (add)192
career, outlooks, ai
“Why Do You Code?”—a Surprisingly Hard Question191
discussions, career
The Fall of JavaScript (yeg)190
javascript, typescript
Nobody Knows How Large Software Products Work (sea)189
software-design, complexity, maintainability
The Vibe Coding Paradox (jun)188
vibe-coding, ai
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers (ibr)187
javascript, typescript, craft
You’re Not Building Netflix: Stop Coding Like You Are186
architecture, prioritization
How to Prepare for the Future of Programming (jet)185
how-tos, learning
Programming Principles for Self Taught Front-End Developers (kil/pic)184
principles
Rust vs. Python: Finding the Right Balance Between Speed and Simplicity (jet)183
rust, python, performance, simplicity, comparisons
12 Essential Java Best Practices Every Developer Should Follow182
java, best-practices, principles
Developers Shouldn’t Learn Design—Designers Shouldn’t Code (phi)181
design, processes, collaboration, project-management
Octoverse: A New Developer Joins GitHub Every Second as AI Leads TypeScript to #1180
github, metrics, productivity, ai, foss, security
Chasing “Done”: Why Software Never Ends—and Why That Matters (emb)179
maintenance, economics, processes
AI Doom Predictions Are Overhyped—Why Programmers Aren’t Going Anywhere178
videos, ai, career
Is It Even Worth Learning to Code? (tre)177
learning, ai
HTML—the Most Difficult Programming Language in the World (j9t)176
html, conformance, professionalism
9 Forms of Coupling in Software Architecture175
architecture
Is SOLID Still a Solid Choice for Software Design? (lan)174
solid, principles, oop
Thoughts on Object Creation (fra)173
software-design-patterns, oop
From McCabe to Essential Complexity172
quality, complexity, metrics
Big O (sam)171
algorithms, performance
10 Programming Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Life170
mistakes
The End of Type Annotations (yeg)169
annotations, compiling
How to Write Clean Code, Actually…168
how-tos, software-design, principles
Programming Is Becoming Prompting167
prompting, vibe-coding, ai
AI Has Flipped Software Development166
ai, design, prototyping, processes
Garbage Collection Was a Mistake (imp)165
garbage-collection, memory, java
The Three Great Virtues of an AI-Assisted Programmer (sea)164
ai, principles, career
Two AI Legends Predict the Future of Programming (and It’s Not What You Think)163
ai, outlooks
These 5 Programming Languages Are Quietly Taking Over in 2025162
rust, python, go, javascript
Stop Killing Frameworks and Languages161
java, python, django, flutter
Software Engineering With LLMs in 2025: Reality Check (ger)160
ai, tooling, metrics
Why Google Is Betting 8 Years on a Programming Language That Doesn’t Exist Yet159
google
Stop Coding Like You Work at Google (neo)158
google
No Time to Learn (Web) Framework X (jef)157
frameworks
Implementing an Undo/Redo System in a Complex Visual Application (mla)156
undo-redo
I’m a Software Engineer in My 30s, Sharing the 20 Hard Truths I Wish I Knew in My 20s to Avoid Career Burnout155
career, ai, tips-and-tricks
AI’s Wedge in Software (hvp)154
ai, concepts, processes
Every Service Should Have a Killswitch (sea)153
software-design
Developers Improve by Learning How to Think Like a Developer152
learning
Is HTML Not a Programming Language?151
html
37 Lessons From My 7 Years in Software Engineering150
lessons, career
Beyond Code: What “The Pragmatic Programmer” Taught Me in One Chapter149
books, lessons
Celebrate the Code You Didn’t Write (rya)148
simplicity
A Break From Programming Languages (lex)147
career
AI-Assisted Development Needs Automated Tests (sim)146
ai, testing, automation
How I Would Learn to Code (if I Could Start Over)145
ai, learning
7 Programming Myths That Waste Your Time (fir)144
videos, productivity, efficiency, myths
Can LLMs Earn $1M From Real Freelance Coding Work?143
ai, engineering-management, quality, economics
What Happens When a Program Calls Sleeps?142
videos
Stop Writing If–Else Trees: Use the State Pattern Instead141
software-design-patterns, conditionals
10 Hard Truths Every Dev Must Learn in 2025140
career, tips-and-tricks
Teaching Code in the AI Era: Why Fundamentals Still Matter (ali)139
training, ai, vibe-coding, security, scalability, performance, quality, testing, documentation
The Best Programmers I Know (mre)138
career, culture
There Is No Vibe Engineering137
vibe-coding, software-design
Cracking the Code of Vibe Coding136
processes, ai, vibe-coding, craft, technical-debt, design-debt
Not All AI-Assisted Programming Is Vibe Coding (but Vibe Coding Rocks) (sim)135
processes, ai, vibe-coding
Coding vs. Vibe Coding134
processes, ai, vibe-coding, comparisons
One Kilobyte to Copilot: My Journey Through Programming History133
ai, history
Subverting Control With Weak References (jlo)132
javascript
Google Just Confirmed the AI Reality Many Programmers Are Desperately Trying to Deny (tar)131
ai, productivity, google, github-copilot, code-editors, cursor
Simplify Nested Code (kei)130
nesting, conditionals, simplicity
The Problem With Indirections (dan)129
variables, functions, presentational-html, state-management
The End of Programming as We Know It (tim/ore)128
processes, ai, career, history, outlooks
How I Use AI: Meet My Promptly Hired Model Intern (mit)127
ai, processes, tooling
How Does a Compiler Work? (cod)126
compiling
How to Structure Functions (cfe)125
how-tos, functions
A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer in 2025 (rak)124
career
HTML Is Actually a Programming Language—Fight Me (tim/wir)123
html
The 20 Commandments of Software Engineering122
principles, complexity, documentation, commit-messages, code-reviews, dependencies, maintenance, collaboration
Why Metrics Cannot Measure Software Development121
metrics, efficiency, productivity
Concurrency vs. Parallelism120
concurrency, concepts, comparisons
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)119
javascript, typescript
Program Errors Out of Existence (ale)118
errors, principles
How I Feel About AI (jes)117
ai, productivity, ethics, sustainability
Why AI Can’t Replace Developers: The Real Limits of AI in Coding116
ai
Recursion Explained in Simple Terms (tre)115
concepts
Against Best Practices (arp)114
best-practices
Are AI Assistants Making Us Worse Programmers?113
career, ai, craft, quality
Why I Stopped Using “else” in Code (adm)112
conditionals, maintainability
25 Crazy Software Bugs Explained (fir)111
videos, bugs, quality, history
Introducing the Legendary Programmer Hall of Fame (tre)110
introductions, community
Octoverse: AI Leads Python to Top Language as the Number of Global Developers Surges109
research, github, community, ai, python, javascript, typescript, java, php, shells, go
Why I’m Skeptical of Rewriting JavaScript Tools in “Faster” Languages (nol)108
javascript, tooling
Unleash JavaScript’s Potential With Functional Programming (jan)107
javascript, comparisons
9 Laws That Every Software Developer Should Know106
principles
The Redmonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2024105
comparisons, javascript, python, java, php, typescript, css, ruby, go, shells, rust, dart
Why Copilot Is Making Programmers Worse at Programming104
ai, github-copilot, craft, quality, career
Tips for Reducing Cyclomatic Complexity (tre)103
complexity, tips-and-tricks, best-practices
Good Software Development Habits102
best-practices
The Top Programming Languages 2024 (iee)101
comparisons, python, java, javascript, typescript, sql, go, html, php, lua
Algorithms We Develop Software By (gra)100
processes, quality, best-practices
The Benefits of Learning Programming as a Designer99
design, career, learning
Programming, I Hate It98
career
Why Unknown Types Are Useful97
typescript
After CrowdStrike, Programmers Deserve Consequences96
career, quality
You Don’t Know Undo/Redo95
undo-redo
“I Have Never Used a Library, Framework, or an API. I Don’t Know What to Do.”94
career, training, libraries, frameworks, apis
UUIDv7 in 22 Languages (ant)93
javascript, python, sql, shells, java, php, go, rust, ruby, lua, dart, perl, clojure
Rust Growing Fastest, but JavaScript Reigns Supreme92
comparisons, rust, go, javascript, lua, dart, java, ruby, php, python
Top Development Cheat Sheets for 202491
cheat-sheets, link-lists, css
Design Taste vs. Technical Skills in the Era of AI (nng)90
design, ai, comparisons
Why Patching Globals Is Harmful89
javascript
The Evolution of Figma’s Mobile Engine: Compiling Away Our Custom Programming Language (fig)88
figma, typescript, migrating, case-studies
Borrow Checking, RC, GC, and the Eleven (!) Other Memory Safety Approaches87
memory, garbage-collection
Creativity in Software Engineering86
research, creativity
The Era of High-Paying Tech Jobs Is Over85
career, ai, economics
JavaScript Runs the World—Maybe Even Literally (wir)84
javascript, web
SOLID Principles: They’re Rock-Solid for Good Reason83
principles, solid
How to Get Good at Competitive Programming82
how-tos
Easy Introduction to Variables and Data Types in Programming for Beginners (ara)81
introductions, variables, types
How to Become a Better Programmer80
how-tos, career
Memorization and Learning to Code79
learning, productivity, career
Why Learning to Program Is Easier Now, but Also Way Harder Than Before78
learning, productivity, developer-experience
Good Code Is Like a Love Letter to the Next Developer Who Will Maintain It (add)77
quality, maintainability, communication
Storing Data in Control Flow (rsc)76
Top 10 Things You Should Add While Coding: Valuable Tips for Programmers75
tips-and-tricks
How to Learn Programming74
how-tos, learning
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)73
principles, terminology
10 Books to Improve Coding Skill in 202372
books, link-lists
A Beginner’s Introduction to the Most Common Data Types in Programming71
introductions, types
A List of Programming Playgrounds (b0r)70
link-lists, testing
Memory Allocation (sam)69
memory, visualization
Programming-Language Popularity by GitHub Pull Requests (lem)68
studies, research, comparisons, github, javascript, typescript
Why You Need to Code Every Day When You’re Learning to Program67
processes, learning
The Valley of Sorrow in Learning Programming (fla)66
learning
On the Layout of Tests (yeg)65
testing
Microfeatures I’d Like to See in More Languages (hil)64
Two Weird Things63
randomness, math
5 Ways to Make Your JavaScript More Functional62
javascript
The Best Programming Languages You Can Use for Web Development61
web-platform
What if the Team Hates My Functional Code?60
Software Development Has No Gatekeeping (fla)59
24 Tips for Beginner Programmers (fla)58
learning, tips-and-tricks
Which Programming Language Should I Learn First in 2022?57
career, learning
Imperative vs. Declarative Programming56
videos, comparisons
Functional Programming in PHP: Higher-Order Functions55
php, functions
How Do Arrays Work? (nan)54
arrays
Write Better Code and Be a Better Programmer by Avoiding “else” Statements53
best-practices
Should Coding Be Mandatory? (ara)52
training, career
Learn Programming (jad)51
websites, courses, javascript
The Three Types of Code (fon/css)50
concepts
A Philosophy of Software Design: My Take (and a Book Review) (ger)49
software-design, books
Parse, Don’t Validate (lex)48
parsing, validation
What Is Functional Programming?47
concepts
Deeply Understand Currying in 7 Minutes46
concepts
Algorithms in CSS (ppk)45
css, algorithms, naming
8 Good Reasons to Become a Software Developer (fla)44
career
Sacrificing the Golden Calf of “Coding” (cod/btc)43
videos, career
An Introduction to Functional JavaScript42
introductions, javascript
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time (tim)41
time, myths
What’s a Transducer? (rag)40
javascript, functions, concepts
On Style Maintenance (sar/css)39
css, maintenance, maintainability, oocss
Code: Align the Happy Path to the Left Edge38
best-practices, go
Art and Philosophy in Programming37
art
Modern Software Over-Engineering Mistakes36
software-design, mistakes
Programming Languages and Programming Paradigms35
oop, go
Software Is Never Finished and Code Can Always Be Improved34
maintenance
Front-End Development Is Development (geo/css)33
career
Choose Boring Technology (mcf)32
tooling
Front End and Back End (ppk)31
career, comparisons
Programming Fonts30
websites, fonts, comparisons
Understanding Transducers29
functions, examples
What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Learning Development as a Web Designer28
learning, javascript, databases, servers, preprocessors, version-control, performance, security, career
The Syntax vs. the Spirit (chr/css)27
loops
Tell Don’t Ask (mfo)26
best-practices
The End of Object Inheritance and the Beginning of a New Modularity25
videos, conventions, principles
Reactive Programming (ast)24
javascript
Managing Technical Debt (acm)23
technical-debt, quality, processes
Moving From Java to Ruby and Beyond22
java, ruby
Smallest Possible […] File (mat)21
minimalism, examples, link-lists
More Shell, Less Egg (drd)20
shells, command-line
It’s All Go for Google (cra)19
google, go
The Difference Between a Web Developer and an Engineer18
career, terminology
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages17
history
My Coding Practices in 199116
conventions, retrospectives
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… Your Code (dal/aja)15
best-practices, php
Why CSS Needs to Borrow From Programming Languages (mat)14
css, standards
The World’s Most Popular Programming Language Has Fashion and Luck to Thank (dou/ore)13
javascript, ajax, history
The State of Functional Programming in PHP (tro)12
php
Six Essential Language Agnostic Programming Books (sha)11
books
JSON vs. XML: Browser Programming Models (car)10
browsers, json, xml, comparisons
The State of Web Development: PHP Developers Most Likely to Switch to Rails9
php, ruby-on-rails
How Strict Is Your Dynamic Language?8
comparisons, perl, php, ruby, python
The Rule of Least Power (tim/w3c)7
software-design, principles
Who GETs REST?6
apis, rest, http
Declarative JavaScript Programming (and)5
javascript
Manifesto for Agile Software Development (ken+)4
manifestos, processes, collaboration, agile
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code (spo)3
version-control, building, culture, tooling, testing, quality, principles
Getting Started With XML Programming (ndw)2
introductions, xml
WWW: Beyond the Basics1
books, web, history, design, standards, outlooks