How To Teach Programming Badly
A list of principles that will help you teach programming badly and ensure your students learn as little as possible.
Benjamin Schneider
Writing by Benjamin Schneider.
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Error Page Redirects Should Not Lose Information
When showing an error page, make sure you don't drop more information from the request than you have to.
Playing With The Basics
Top practitioners surprisingly often play around with extremely basic approaches.
Digital Nicotine Patches
Replacing digital habits with less harmful versions, much like nicotine patches for smoking cessation.
Paper: Algorithmic Nuggets in Content Delivery
A brief review of a paper outlining the algorithmic problems encountered in building a CDN.
The Much-Maligned Sunk Cost Fallacy
Some common misinterpretations of the sunk cost fallacy.
You Can Get Stuff Fixed
You should probably be less reluctant to provide unsolicited suggestions for improvement.
Abstractions Rule Everything Around Me
Abstraction isn't just a thing you do when programming.
Shared Curiosity
Why the best educational content starts with the creator's own curiosity.