Ask HN: What's an (article|book|vid) that changed the way you view programming?

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8 years ago

I was wondering, what were really valuable resources for you as a dev, either when you were starting out or when you had a bunch of years of experience. What's some event that changed the way you approached programming?

--- For me it's these:

- Watching DHH/the video that introduced me to Rails. I was a student coding in PHP/CodeIgniter, and it blew my mind re: the speed at which things got done. (Now, not so much, hehe.) - Watching [Destroy All Software](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/), I think that was the first time I saw someone with a high mastery of the Vim editor, and the first time I saw someone write tests/talk about app/class design. The next week, I was pulling my hair out trying to learn Vim. - Non-programming: [Cracked article on harsh truths.](cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/) I read that several years ago, and every year I try to add a new skill to learn. It's still my auto-complete when I type in "cr" on my browser.

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