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Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
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Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#142None of them. There are lots that I respect and admire, and there are lots that I think provide a great value to our community. But I don't "follow" them for a few reasons: (1) it takes time, which I don't have, (2) I don't like buying into a cult of personality, no matter how benevolent and (3) I don't derive much value from that and would rather spend that time/energy on creating my own thing. For example when I se…
I would argue this is an unduly negative take on following the work of other developers. Following the work of one of your peers in your field does not have to become a cult of personality. It can help you discover what kind of open source work or intellectual direction is actually useful, especially at the beginning of your career. It's totally reasonable to not follow other developers but I also wouldn't want to cultivate the perception that following the work of others is a failure to be busy enough on your own.
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#143Most guys I follow are either rust or haskell developers.
@manishearth - rust - https://manishearth.github.io/
@bitemyapp - writer of haskell: first principles
@bartoszmilewski - haskell - https://bartoszmilewski.com/
@jdegoes - writes informative FP blog posts - http://degoes.net/
@aaron_turon - rust - https://aturon.github.io/blog/
@pcwalton - rust
@nikomatsakis - rust - http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/
@paf31 - purescript creator
@nick_r_cameron - rust
@kmett - famous haskeller
@steveklabnik - rust - http://words.steveklabnik.com/
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#144I'm all about ideas; couldn't care less about individuals, including myself. Spending too much time with other people's work kills your creative spark and creates the super star culture we're currently struggling with collectively. We need more fresh perspectives and less idol/icon worship to get out of this mess.
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
>The most gifted (which I define as the cross-section between talented and practiced) people I know tend to care more about the content of your character than your technical prowess. Odd choice of words, wouldn't it make more sense to switch the meaning of 'talented' and 'gifted'? A 'gift' is something you receive without sacrifice, while a 'talent' needs to be honed.
Talent is innate. Skill is practiced. If you're passionate enough about something that you happen to have a natural affinity for in order to hone your skills, I call that a gift.
I just found it weird that you chose the word 'gift' as something less innate than a 'talent'. It's also interesting that 'talent' used to have the meaning 'A desire or inclination for something', which is similar to your use of the word gift.
Anyway, I won't say the way you're using those words is wrong, language is after all pretty flexible, it just didn't seem like the most obvious choice.
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#146Scott Hanselman. If you are a Microsoft / .NET developer he is probably at the top of your list. Pragmatic, fun, quality blog posts and produces really good podcasts. http://www.hanselman.com/
I'm not a MSFT/.NET guy and I still get a ton out of his content.
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#147Steve https://twitter.com/steveklabnik He is awesome human being.
Yes, Steve is the best person on the internet indeed! Always outspoken, always protective, never nasty
> always protective, never nasty
Nobody's perfect
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#148Brad Fitzpatrick - https://bradfitz.com/ - Started and sold LiveJournal, wrote memcached, works on Golang at Google now. Always enjoy his talks on YouTube. My favorite part is that he doesn't come off as super serious so I find subtle humor in his delivery. In one of his videos where he talks about HTTP/2, he says "HTTP/2 is just supposed to be a better wire format for HTTP, so it's not that interesting". In an earli…
For those who enjoy reading there's a chapter/interview with Brad in the book "Coders At Work". I really enjoyed his perspective on the industry.
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#149Rachel: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/
Kyle Kingsbury, for his Jepsen series: https://aphyr.com/tags/jepsen
Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
#150The great thing about following coder bloggers is that they don't actually blog all that often. So you can subscribe a lot without getting overloaded.
Dan Luu (danluu.com) Joey Hess (kitenet.net/~joey/) Matthew Garrett (mjg59.dreamwidth.org) Josh Berkus (databasesoup.com) Bunnie Huang (bunniestudios.com) Jessie Frazelle (blog.jessfraz.com)
Plus a ton more that haven't updated in years. But if they ressurect and post again, I'll be on top of it!