Talks that shaped my programming

• Mike Acton: Data Oriented Programming
  • Programmers job is not write code;
    Programmers job is to solve (data transformations) problems
  • Understand the data to understand the problem
• Brian Will: Why OOP is Bad
• What is Systems Programming, Really?
• Eskil Steenberg: How I program C
  • In the beginning you always want Results.
    In the end all you want is control.
• Hammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey
• Jeff and Casey's Guide to Becoming a Bigger Programmer
  • Spend time in the debugger with disassembled code
  • Write the code with "some room to breathe". Write the code you will use.
  • Be more systematic when fixing bugs. e.g Keep track of the type of bugs
  • Being a better programmer means being good at tradeoffs, no code will be good enough.
• The Silver Bullet Syndrome by Hadi Hariri
  • There is no silver bullets, no languages or frameworks. Use the ones which you are comfortable and have better tooling.
• It's Not About the Technology - Mason Remaley - Software You Can Love Vancouver 2023
  • Planning and minimalism is a balance.