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Pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know · homepage observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

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.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4276
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 747
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

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

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For agents

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