The Software Essays that Shaped Me

I started reading software blogs before I got my first programming job 20 years ago. At this point, I&rsquo;ve read thousands of blog posts and essays about software, but only a small handful stuck in my mind and changed the way I think. &ldquo;The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code&rdquo; by Joel Spolsky (2000) &ldquo;Parse, don&rsquo;t validate&rdquo; by Alexis King (2019) &ldquo;No Silver…