Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderNot that this is intended to be the end-all-be-all of "Must Read" Software Engineering books, but I find it refreshing that Clean Code isn't listed. It has some good points, but I think in the wrong hands it proves to be too dogmatic and can create friction within certain teams. Then again, I'm just some random dude on the internet, so what do I know.
The inclusion of the perspective section: https://github.com/charlax/professional-programming?tab=read... I think is really smart. Same for personal productivity. Two things that can dramatically change how and what you end up studying and doing with your time / life. I did a coding bootcamp and yeah the frontend knowledge they taught was useful, but I could have learned that online for free. I used to consume big githubs like this by by the bucketful, but none of them really focused on these soft…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 380
- Total comments
- 37
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-17 | Professional programming resourcesFirst breakout · Best thread | zerogvt | 247 | 23 |
| 2022-07-18 | Professional-programming: A collection of full-stack resources for programmers | philonoist | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-03-17 | Professional Programming | henrik_w | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-02-19 | Professional Programming – Learning resources for software engineers | serial_dev | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-02-20 | Learning resources for curious software engineersLatest 20+ point return | planetjones | 125 | 14 |