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Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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fuzztester wrote: post #2

I'm only one third of the way through the video, but could see that the podcasters are asking some good insightful questions. Thanks for sharing, OP.

I just found out we cracked the Top 20 on Hacker News! Crazy! I’m Carter, one of the podcasters from the video. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It was such a huge honor to talk to Brian Kernighan.

Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Post by jjice »

carterdmorgan wrote: post #3
fuzztester wrote: post #2

I'm only one third of the way through the video, but could see that the podcasters are asking some good insightful questions. Thanks for sharing, OP.

I just found out we cracked the Top 20 on Hacker News! Crazy! I’m Carter, one of the podcasters from the video. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It was such a huge honor to talk to Brian Kernighan.

I hadn't heard of this podcast until just now, but an entire show dedicated to software book sounds like a dream come true! I'm going to download a few of these for the train. I love that you guys are diving into such a niche!

Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Post by carterdmorgan »

jjice wrote: post #4
carterdmorgan wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just found out we cracked the Top 20 on Hacker News! Crazy! I’m Carter, one of the podcasters from the video. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It was such a huge honor to talk to Brian Kernighan.

I hadn't heard of this podcast until just now, but an entire show dedicated to software book sounds like a dream come true! I'm going to download a few of these for the train. I love that you guys are diving into such a niche!

Thanks so much! When we had this idea, I was certain that it had to have been done before because it seemed like such a gap in the market. To my surprise, it didn’t exist! We love the format because not only do we learn a ton, but by focusing on the books we keep the discussions substantive and avoid becoming the millionth “tech news of the week” podcast.

Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Post by mettamage »

carterdmorgan wrote: post #3
fuzztester wrote: post #2

I'm only one third of the way through the video, but could see that the podcasters are asking some good insightful questions. Thanks for sharing, OP.

I just found out we cracked the Top 20 on Hacker News! Crazy! I’m Carter, one of the podcasters from the video. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It was such a huge honor to talk to Brian Kernighan.

How did you get him on your podcast? That's amazing!

Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Post by carterdmorgan »

mettamage wrote: post #6
carterdmorgan wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just found out we cracked the Top 20 on Hacker News! Crazy! I’m Carter, one of the podcasters from the video. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It was such a huge honor to talk to Brian Kernighan.

How did you get him on your podcast? That's amazing!

To be totally honest, I just looked up his Princeton email and asked lol. I told him we loved the book and would love to interview him about it. He was like “What? I haven’t thought about that book in 20 years. But I’m sure we could find something to talk about for an hour.” He was so amazingly kind and generous with his time.

He’s not the only author we’ve gotten on the podcast! We’ve already published our episode with Mark Richards on “Fundamentals of Software Architecture” but we also have in the can and ready to go over the next few weeks Neal Ford of “Fundamentals of Software Architecture” and John Ousterhout of “A Philosophy of Software Design.” That’s not public knowledge yet, so consider it an exclusive Hacker News comment section scoop, haha!

We also have some pretty big names we’re in talks with, but I won’t make any promises until the interviews are actually recorded. But we’ve been so thrilled at the author response so far and are super excited about the future of the podcast!

Re: Brian Kernighan on “The Practice of Programming” [video]

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Post by carterdmorgan »

JetSetIlly wrote: post #8

I love the Practice of Programming. Of all the books on programming that I've read, the lessons of that book are the ones that remain strongest in my mind. I've not read it in many years but I feel it influences my practice everyday.

It was the first time I’ve ever read it and I was surprised how much of it still held true given it’s 25 years old. Some of the specific programming examples are pretty outdated, but the general ideas are as solid as ever!
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