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10 Comments
mifydev
Years go by, but I always find myself getting back to this article, it's just the true essence of systems programming.
bitbasher
His talk at Monitorama was great– one of the most entertaining talks around!
listenfaster
This made me so happy. Too many good quotes.
dang
Related. Others?
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halifaxbeard
At the beginning of my career, I merely found it funny.
Now I find it relatable.
(don't install a signal handler in Python for SIGSEGV, especially if it's being triggered by C you're calling)
xena
Honestly I hope to be able to write something like this at some point in my career. This is the kind of satire that comes from deep expertise, passion, and desire for the future generations to not repeat the mistakes you have made. This is one of the best articles of all time.
twp
This is, without doubt, the greatest sequence of words on programming ever committed to magnetic storage.
NotYourLawyer
Mickens always cracks me up. His writing style is a little overdone though.
wffurr
His latest project is a heavy metal tribute album to himself by himself, made on sabbatical: https://mickens.seas.harvard.edu/wisdom-james-mickens
jdougan
My hobby: asking LLMs to write essays "in the style of James Mickens"
example:
<bunch of words deleted>