[AndrejM]

These blog posts are kind of like those "Learn this language in 24 hours" books. They're not bad per se, but it's as if becoming a great developer is some kind of <insert-number-here>-step process. Becoming great is, in my opinion, not a final destination. You can be great from day #1 by pushing yourself to learn more, for every day in your life as a developer.

[blaix]

That is essentially what this article is saying. It just gives a couple concrete examples of how to do this. I think the title of the article does it a disservice.