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by jasode 2181 days ago
>I'm seeing these kind of titles (what every X programmer should know about Y) quite frequently which seems like the trend

Some call it a "snowclone". (Previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19072271)

It's a headline writing rhetorical device that's been with us even before computers. E.g. newspaper headlines.