A personal programming language roadmap
Lately I’ve become increasingly sensitive to how little time I have left to learn new technologies. It’s not that I’m nearing death: I’m not, at least not by 21st century baseline…
Let’s stop telling programming newbies to learn Vim (or Emacs)
As readers of this blog know, I am a proud user of the third most baffling editor in existence. (Why third? well, I feel confident placing Vim as the 2nd,…
Stop reading this blog and learn something
Software development is a wonderful field to be a noob in. Perhaps more than any other discipline, there is a wealth of information available for free online–everything from fundamental computer…
Letter to a Young Developer
I’ve been getting some emails from young developers wanting to “level up” as programmers. I’m definitely not the first to write about this topic, so I’m not sure how much…
Ruby Programming Challenge for Newbies
My challenge is up at the RubyLearning Blog. I chose Interactive Fiction as my theme. While the title says “for newbies”, I hope that Rubyists of any skill level will…