97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know resource
Pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
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How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
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Adoption not part of the score
3519 stars · 478 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A GitBook edition of the '97 Things Every Programmer Should Know' collection, containing short essays of programming wisdom contributed by leading practitioners. The content is freely available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
Use cases
- learn programming best practices from experienced developers
- find short essays on software craftsmanship
- recommend reading material for junior developers
- brush up on general software engineering wisdom
- find free licensed programming essays
When to choose
- you want curated, practitioner-written advice on programming in general
- you need a free, openly licensed reference of programming wisdom
- you are mentoring or onboarding developers and want shared reading
When to avoid
- you need technical documentation for a specific tool or language
- you want up-to-date content on modern frameworks
- you need a hands-on tutorial or code examples
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
documentation developer-tools tutorials cross-platform book gitbook programming-wisdom essays cc-licensed
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know · fetched 2026-08-28 · bf03fcc301e2
- homepage: http://97-things-every-x-should-know.gitbook.io/97-things-every-programmer-should-know/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9b7a042e95b0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| 97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know | main | 32 |
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