Today I'm Lighting One Candle For Street-Smart Coding, My First Book

One year ago, writing a book felt like a distant goal. Today, Street-Smart Coding turns 1 year old. It’s the book I wish I had when starting out as a coder. A roadmap with 30 lessons to build skills that last a career. From the most conventional to the most unexpected. I wrote it for my younger self Googling “how to get better at coding.” Street-Smart Coding became a book series After one year, Street-Smart Coding became the second book in a 4-part series. I wrote a prequel, Street-Smart Coding Manifesto, and I’m working on a sequel, Street-Smart Coding in the Age of AI. I already have plans for a final career guide. Those four will be my attempt to pass on everything I’ve learned about coding, and nobody taught me. What I would do differently Street-Smart Coding made me learn to write a book the hard way. I missed some steps writing it. And, of course, today I’d do a couple of things differently: I’d write a shorter introduction. I’d rewrite Chapter 1 to make it timeless. The…