Friday Links: Programming pearls, hating AI, and formatting
12 Sep 2025 #mondaylinksHey there.
Before the usual 4 links, a quick update about my book.
This week, I finished another four chapters. But there’s still work to do.
I haven’t chosen a final book title, but what about 30 Ways to Get Better at Coding? What do you think? Does it sound interesting?
And… Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week:
#1. Forty years ago, Programming Pearls was released, a collection of hard truths about coding. But are they still relevant? Here’s a breakdown of those pearls (20min).
#2. Here’s why the guy who stopped the largest cyberattack in history hates AI (30min).
#3. Want to understand the AI hype? It’s not a technology, but a subscription company (6min).
#4. Speaking of coding in the old days, here’s how ADA handled code formatting (4min).
And in case you missed it, this week I was invited to a firechat session with the LAX Africa community to discuss how to land a first job. Here’s a summary of the session (5min).
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See you next time,
Cesar
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