Lists
Cool things. None of this is in any particular order.
Articles
Big Ideas
- Talks That Changed The Way I Think About Programming :: Paradigm-shifting presentations
- The Law of Leaky Abstractions :: Why you need to understand what's beneath abstractions
LLMs & Learning
- Just Fucking Code :: (True) satire: "The bar for programming is in the dirt..."
- Why I Find It Hard to Learn With AI :: How AI assistants can interfere with deep learning
- You Must Read At Least One Book To Ride :: To surpass your peers, simply read one book
- It Only Takes Two Weeks :: Advice for learning and life
Tools
- Godbolt Compiler Explorer :: See how your code compiles to assembly in real-time
- OWASP Cheat Sheets :: Concise high value info on specific application security topics
- Vim Bindings :: Every Vim binding Lucas knows
Best Practices
- Best Practices for a New Go Developer :: Read if you plan to code in Go
- Against Database Teardown :: Why you should stop resetting your test database
Talks
- How I program in C :: First you seek results, later you seek control
- Wat :: Wat! A lightning talk by Gary Bernhardt
Bookshelf
Texts
- Intro to Algorithms (CLRS)
- Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
- A History of Western Philosophy
- The Art of War
- The Inner Citadel
Novels
- The Kingkiller Chronicle
- Heart of Darkness
- Eisenhorn Omnibus (WH-40K)
- The Lord of the Rings
- (...see more)
Entertainment
Games
- Most 'Old BioWare' Titles
- Europa Universalis V
- Total War
- Everything from CDPR
- ArmA
- Counter-Strike
- The Elder Scrolls
Anime!
- Hunter x Hunter
- Code Geass
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Castlevania
- (...see more)