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I know this isn't quite the same vein, but I enjoy articles about "why you think you want X but it works like this because Y".

Raymond Chen is particularly good at writing them [1] [2].

[1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110907-00/?p=...

[2] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160216-00/?p=...