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Yevgeniy Brikman
Personal blog · brikis98.blogspot.comprogrammingstartupscareer
Yevgeniy Brikman's personal blog at brikis98.blogspot.com covers programming, startups and career. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Don't learn to code. Learn to think”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this personal tech blog by Yevgeniy Brikman for posts on learning computer science versus programming, Play/Scala iteratees, and turning imperative list code into functional style.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Don't learn to code. Learn to think3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-19
- Tech Talks for Every Programmer3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-29
- You are what you document2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-05
- Programming paradigms that change how you think about coding2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-09
- Turning imperative Java code into functional Scala code2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-31
- The 10x developer is not a myth2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-29
What Hacker News says?
Here is a guide to documentation I wrote a little while back: http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/you-are-what-you-docume...
Comment linking /2014/05/you-are-what-you-document.html
on “Ask HN: How do I write good documentation?”Submitted Programming paradigms that change how you think about coding as a story · 523 points
HN discussionA comment in the article, from one of the Play developers, provides a good explanation about what iteratees provide that is not provided by rx: http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2013/11/play-scala-and-iteratee...
Comment linking /2013/11/play-scala-and-iteratees-vs-nodejs.html?showComment=1385511897410
on “Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js and Socket.io”Submitted Bitcoin by analogy as a story · 101 points
HN discussionA couple links I have stashed: http://coderstv.com/ http://confreaks.com/ http://www.dotconferences.eu/ http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/must-see-tech-talks-for...
Comment linking /2014/05/must-see-tech-talks-for-every-programmer.html
on “Implementing a bignum calculator – Rob Pike [video]”Submitted You are what you document as a story · 75 points
HN discussionThis is essentially the "Computer Science vs. Programming" debate, although Uni gives some programming experience and Pluralsight gives some computer science. Yevgeniy Brikman maintains a great blog and wrote about this[1]. [1] http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/dont-learn-to-code-lear...
Comment linking /2014/05/dont-learn-to-code-learn-to-think.html
on “Pluralsight raises $135M to expand online learning for professionals”Submitted Don't learn to code. Learn to think as a story · 60 points
HN discussionI'll save everyone the trouble. "Yeah it is!" "No it isn't!" "Yeah it is!" "No it isn't!" I do like your other article about converting imperative list processing code into functional style, though. http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-recipes-for-turning-...
Comment linking /2013/05/10-recipes-for-turning-imperative-java.html
on “The 10x developer is not a myth”Submitted The 10x developer is not a myth as a story · 26 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shit recruiters say as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js, JavaScript, and Socket.io as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tech Talks for Every Programmer as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Node.js vs. Play Framework as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted The 10x developer is Not a myth as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are static typing and functional programming winning? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't learn to code. Learn to think. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What my grandfather taught me about happiness as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our best minds are thinking about how to make people click ads, and that's ok as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tech Talks for Every Programmer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Turning imperative Java code into functional Scala code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proposal: extend Markdown syntax to support form elements (2011) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You are what you document as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Play framework – The ultimate guide as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with the Play Framework as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You've gotten into a debate with me. Awesome. Let's lay down a few ground rules. as a story · 1 points
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