The Pragmatic Programmer

David Thomas & Andrew Hunt

Synopsis

A classic guide to programming best practices, covering topics from personal responsibility to career development for the professional software developer.

Personal Notes

## My Notes

**Key takeaway**: "You Are Responsible." The chapter on tracer bullets completely changed how I approach new projects — ship a thin slice end-to-end before expanding.

### Favourite quotes

> "Don't live with broken windows."

Applied the *rubber duck debugging* technique and it works surprisingly well.