Thorsten Ball

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Thorsten Ball's essays on programming, software development, developer tools, engineering careers, and writing books.

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What I believe about the future of software development #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfTech #Programming
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Sep 19, 2026
Professional Programming: The First 10 Years #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #CareerAdvice
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May 17, 2022
The context in which we build software #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Engineering
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Sep 15, 2020
How can you not be romantic about programming? #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech
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Sep 8, 2020
No, typing can be the bottleneck #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools
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Sep 1, 2020
But does it help you ship? #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Engineering
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Aug 25, 2020
What you think is bad about remote work, can, well, actually be good. #RemoteWork #Productivity #SoftwareDev
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May 22, 2020
How much do we bend to the will of our tools? #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #DeveloperTools
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Feb 4, 2020
Learn more programming languages, even if you won't use them #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Learning
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Apr 9, 2019
The Tools I Use To Write Books #Writing #Tools #Books
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Sep 4, 2018
The Paperback Edition of Writing A Compiler In Go #GoLang #Compiler #Programming
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Aug 14, 2018
The Lost Chapter: A Macro System For Monkey #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools
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Jun 28, 2017
Writing An Interpreter In Go: The Paperback Edition #Programming #GoLang #Software
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Feb 22, 2017
Higher Value Tools #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Tools
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Feb 8, 2017
What I didn't do to write a book #Writing #SoftwareDevelopment #Books
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Jan 16, 2017
A Virtual Brainfuck Machine In Go #Go #Programming #DevTools
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Jan 4, 2017
Why I Wrote a Book About Interpreters #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #BookWriting
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Nov 30, 2016
Putting Eval In Go #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Nov 16, 2016
Write Stupid Code #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Writing
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Oct 22, 2015
Unicorn Unix Magic Tricks #Programming #Unix #SoftwareEngineering
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Nov 20, 2014