Reading up on Brian Kernighan
2 deep · digging since dec 09, 25
- Kernighan on Programming
Brian Kernighan's aphorism that debugging is twice as hard as writing code is discussed, with commenters exploring its validity in the age of AI tools.
- Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)
A 2015 follow-up to a 2002 collection of developer desktop screenshots reveals that many Unix programmers' workspaces remained remarkably consistent over 13 years.