Friday Links: Coding magazines, communication, and productivity

Hey there. Here are 4 links worth sharing this week: #1. I didn’t use magazines, but I learned coding by typing examples from textbooks. It isn’t as fast as using an LLM. It was something else entirely (3min). #2. One of the lessons from Street-Smart Coding Manifesto is to work on your communication skills. Here are 10 comm rules nobody teaches you (10 min). #3. Productivity isn’t about IDE plugins or AI. That isn’t what matters most (2min). #4. Expertise comes from caring about details. Don’t hand off details to an AI (2min). To celebrate my blog’s 8-year anniversary, last week I ran an AMA on dev.to. In case you missed it, here are my favorite questions (9min). (Bzzz…Radio voice) This email was brought to you by… Street-Smart Coding Manifesto. A case against syntax obsession. Because real impact comes from skills outside your IDE. Keep coding smart, Cesar