“groovy mother...”

A really good summary of the best bits of Agile, XP, etc. plus some common sense. Turns a bit Perl-centric near the end, but that aside it’s an excellent read for software engineers.

Some excellent tips for living the programming life, with plenty of examples.

Some interesting notes on Google’s culture. “Nobody throws chairs at Google, unlike management practices used at some other well-known technology companies.” Snerk.

Some interesting, and reasonably common-sense, rules for startups.