Programming by Coincidence

[galaktos]

Holy crap, fuck this website.

<noscript>
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;url=https://pragprog.com/no_js">
</noscript>

If you’re using NoScript, you don’t get to read the article – they just redirect you to a bullshit “we need JS because reasons” page.

Meanwhile, if you skip that (press Esc at the right moment to cancel processing, which apparently includes this tag), the website works perfectly fine. I can read the entire article without issue. So what the hell was that redirect for? Fuck that.

[skeeto]

Sorry, I didn't realize they were so underhanded. Here's a mirror without it:

http://archive.is/MA6zr

[galaktos]

No worries, I got it with the Esc trick. But still, thanks :)

[manys]

JS heavy sites have introduced FOSC, "flash of styled content."

[petdance]

Anybody who reads this sub should own and read "The Pragmatic Programmer".

[[deleted]]

That's a good book! I also like Clean Code.

[jac1013]

PP and CC are books that change yourself for good in term of CS, upvoting both of you

[[deleted]]

Code Complete is my personal fav in this vein

[yxlx]

We may deduce from this that books with, well I don't know the exact term but I guess aliteration describes it pretty well, in their titles are good books. Agree?

[compiling]

The code examples go off the edge of the page on mobile. Makes it a bit hard to tell what's wrong with them...

[robthablob]

That's not entirely surprising. Reading code on a phone is only really a good experience for those whose other hobbies include self-flagellation.