Tony has helped me to become a better programmer in an unexpected way.
Years back, as a beginning programmer I got really confused by his other articles. As I was looking for guidance on application design I took him seriously but also noticed that his examples of "good design" were in fact the opposite.
Later it dawned upon me that the was doing COBOL in PHP. Those lengthy articles are mostly bad takes, but it is interesting nonetheless to see how strict the last believer sticks to the Old Belief. I would take none of his advice, but still have big respect for his stamina.
Years back, as a beginning programmer I got really confused by his other articles. As I was looking for guidance on application design I took him seriously but also noticed that his examples of "good design" were in fact the opposite.
Later it dawned upon me that the was doing COBOL in PHP. Those lengthy articles are mostly bad takes, but it is interesting nonetheless to see how strict the last believer sticks to the Old Belief. I would take none of his advice, but still have big respect for his stamina.