The Best Programmer I Know
summary
Argues great programmers learn habits not gifts: they iterate wildly, just start, and treat all code as a spike to be stabilized later. Shows concrete choices: wrote an event‑driven Java HTTP server from the HTTP/1.1 spec, a trading stack sketched in Scala in weeks that made real money, then rewrote pieces in Python, and wired an “easy” office button to send SMS for standups. Advocates solve for now, measure change by a change Event Horizon, prefer smallest tool that fits the product.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:41Part 1: Getting the job done
- 20:02Part 2: Choosing the right tool
- 35:17Part 3: Caring about the team
- 47:25Wrapping up
- 48:10Outro
