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by heap_perms 748 days ago
> We got self-styled prophets writing whole books about their personal philosophies and slapping general-purpose-sounding names on them like “Clean Code.” It reminds me of the dudes who ran around the Middle East 2,000 years ago claiming they personally could introduce you to G-d.

Top-tier comedy. When I was in university, not too long ago, all the CS professors were huge fanboys of uncle bob. Lot's of lectures started with a reference to his books, making it seem like a mandatory part of the curriculum.

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I always like to say - One day I'm gonna spend an afternoon on the toilet writing a book like this, at the end I'll look at what's left in the bowl and name it after that. I'm hoping for creamy code.