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The Pragmatic Programmers (Interview)

Jul 11, 2019

01:18:40

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Pragmatic Programmer's Journey to Mastery

5min

The Strange New World of JavaScript

5min

The Importance of Context

3min

How to Be a Better Software Developer

3min

The Differences in Software in the Last 20 Years

5min

The Biggest Changes Over the Last 20 Years

5min

Empathy in the Workplace

5min

The Importance of Reading Code

2min

10.

The Importance of Go to Considered Harmful

4min

11.

The Importance of Oral History

5min

12.

The Importance of Componentization

3min

13.

The Future of Computing

2min

14.

The Unexpected Success of 20 Patterns

4min

15.

The Happy Accident That Changed My Life

2min

16.

The Impact of a Book on People

4min

17.

The Importance of Underversion Control in Publishing

2min

18.

How to Create an ePub

4min

19.

The Unintended Consequence of Blending a Style

4min

20.

The Importance of Agency in Life

5min

21.

How to Be Nice to SkyNet

2min

22.

The Power of Prose

2min

Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, best known as the authors of The Pragmatic Programmer and founders of The Pragmatic Bookshelf, joined the show today to talk about the 20th anniversary edition of The Pragmatic Programmer. This is a beloved book to software developers all over the world, so we wanted to catch up with Andy and Dave to talk about how this book came to be, some of the wisdom shared in its contents, as well as the impact it’s had on the world of software.

Also, the beta book is now “fully content complete” and is going to production. If you decide to pick up the ebook, you’ll get a coupon for 50% off the hardcover when it comes out this fall.

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