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Have you read Zed's books? I think this "ethos" is captured pretty nicely in them. Most chapters end asking the reader to solve a few challenges, some of these are difficult for a …

Zed Shaw is a natural when it comes to teaching beginners. I recommend his "Learn The Hard Way" books to everyone who is interested in learning to code because they make zero assum…

Additionally, I don't think the answer is to work less and have more leisure time. I don't think that really solves the issue. I think you can spend an enormous amount of energy an…

A lot of the work we do as programmers is for a meaningless product. If we worked on things that we believed in, maybe something that helped people live better lives, especially th…