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Comments sharing links to classic essays and articles from Joel Spolsky's blog, along with similar content from Coding Horror, The Daily WTF, and other programming lore sites discussing software development practices, management, and coding anecdotes.

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Sample Comments

vellum • Jul 18, 2014 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/26.html

cromulent • Oct 28, 2013 • View on HN

Clickable link:http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/26.html

known • Jun 5, 2009 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000072.html

dhouston • Aug 28, 2008 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html

tedunangst • Aug 24, 2009 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000052.html

mechanical_fish • Dec 15, 2007 • View on HN

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001017.html

lkjhgfghjkl • May 21, 2010 • View on HN

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/im-sure-you-can-deal.aspx

maurycy • Jun 1, 2008 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000054.html

subud • Mar 4, 2010 • View on HN

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000038.html

WaltPurvis • Jul 14, 2020 • View on HN

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/05/16/20030516/