It’s huge progress that no one so far in this thread has mentioned any of Robert Martin’s books. Compared to 10 years ago in the linked thread, that is definitely progress.
Or did you just use this to push politics?
His attitude towards development has always been way too dogmatic with not nearly enough focus on trade offs. It's probably not a coincidence that his politics trend that way too but it doesn't affect how good or bad his advice is.
And personally, I always chafed at the “Uncle Bob” moniker. I’m a grown-ass man, and I’m not calling some random guy “Uncle Bob” unless he’s related to me. Calling yourself “Uncle Bob” seems creepy, and it makes me feel like I’m supposed to look up to him by default. No. I’d rather look to people like Rich Hickey or John Ousterhout, who have no similar pretensions. They’re just experienced practitioners sharing what they’ve learned.
edit: and oops, someone has recommended clean code.
and again: i remember when he tried to set himself up on stackoverflow (a while back, when i was a front page contributor)- he got pissed on from a great height.