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About the Book

A compilation of all Computer Things newsletter essays in 2019 and 2020, including essays that were for subscribers only. Some of the public essays include:

  • The most expensive software per byte
  • How everybody misunderstood the "Literate Programming vs Unix Philosophy" 'debate'
  • How knowing math helps you write better software
  • Why blaming defects on "programmers" and not the broader system is a waste of time.

Some of the private essays include:

  • Why Vim is a bad representation of what a "modal editor" is
  • The difference between "code" clever and "insightful" clever
  • Fringetech
  • Multiple first drafts of essays that eventually went on my official website.

Some administrative material was pruned, otherwise all essays are left as-is. Thank you for reading!


About the Author

Hillel Wayne’s avatar Hillel Wayne

I have a blog at hillelwayne.com and a newsletter at https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/

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