Jeff AtwoodIt is amusing to see the advice on old blogs of "you should read Paul Graham!" well, maybe, until you get to the one piece where.. well.. https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115534277339319858
I still think of that particular, uh, novella as the single biggest self-own by a tech writer I've ever read. Which I still regret reading, by the way. 0/5 stars do not recommend.
Ben from CDS@codinghorror I genuinely thought he was a smart guy, then this showed he was a dumb guy. Then all the stuff with Y-Combinator and Sam Altman showed he was a dumb guy and also gullible.
Maybe he was never as smart as I thought and that's why I never got far with his LISP book, but that is more likely to be because I am also a dumb guy.
@codinghorror In fact since Steve Yegge went off the deep end on vibe coding and vibe writing it really feels like there's only one of the programming bloggers I used to enjoy back in the day who hasn't completely lost the plot, and seems to be doing fascinating and important work, and it's the same one who got me reading Steve McConnell.
@glenatron you like mirrors too? we should hang out
@glenatron p.s. 🤗