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The Pragmatic Programmer: Chapter 2 - A Pragmatic Approach

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:25:54 +0100

Yes, regular readers of this blog¹, it has been nine days since I last looked at this book (and twenty days since the chapter one post).

Good thing I wrote about the previous chapter as I’d already forgotten half of the information in it and had to re-read my first post on it.

Actually, if you needed a refresher on that, why don’t you just click here and go read it yourself? Or maybe use the little breadcrumb trail thing at the bottom of this page that I took from my Arkham Horror playthrough.

The Pragmatic Programmer: Chapter 1 - A Pragmatic Philosophy

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:47:11 +0100

It is that time of the month where I have an internal crisis of competence regarding my career and ability. Technology is advancing, languages are maturing, frameworks are evolving, and I have been sitting back and stagnating.

I never really make the best use of my time as you can probably tell from this blog. I find it very difficult to read a book the whole way through without getting distracted by a different book. I am not saying I need to spend 18 hours straight absorbing an entire book in one go, but I do need to set aside some time to read. As I work from home I can just fold this into my working day¹.

The Book of the New Sun

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:41:43 +0100

This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while now. The Solar Cycle is my favourite book series of all time and I right now I am finishing off the Book of the Short Sun series.

As usual, with a Gene Wolfe book, there is a lot of information that can be missed if you do not pay attention to the text.

I thought it would be fun to read through the entire series again, as it has been a few years since I’ve done The Book of the New Sun, The Urth of the New Sun, and The Book of the Long Sun. While I am currently reading The Book of the Short Sun, I am pretty sure I am missing much of the narrative, so a closer read and writing about it would be good for me too.