# 97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know

Pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners.

Repository: https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/97-things-every-programmer-should-know
Homepage: http://97-things-every-x-should-know.gitbook.io/97-things-every-programmer-should-know/
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-16T15:52:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4276, "days_push": 747, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3519, forks 478 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.900926+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: book, gitbook, programming-wisdom, essays, cc-licensed

## Member repositories
- 97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.900926+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:32.675221+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.900926+00:00, sha bf03fcc301e2)
  - homepage: http://97-things-every-x-should-know.gitbook.io/97-things-every-programmer-should-know/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:40.210712+00:00, sha 9b7a042e95b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.