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kashfion Beastie Boys Story Is an Enormously Moving Movie About Growing Up

"I'd rather be a hypocrite than be the same person forever." That was my favorite anecdote in the movie and probably the moral of their story. A powerful message that I hope more people pick up.

kashfion The Laws of Programming

lol

kashfion Ask HN: Why are there almost no intermediate-level learning resources?

In that case, these three people come to mind. https://onelonecoder.com/ https://handmadehero.org/

The last dude is TheCherno https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChernoProject/playlists?app=...

All three of these folks walk you through intermediate-level projects with commentary on their decisions.

You should also look into conference talks on the tech stack you are interested in. Then look up the speaker/topic for more specific material.

kashfion Ask HN: Why are there almost no intermediate-level learning resources?

https://hi.hyperskill.org/ ^This might be a good place to learn the intermediate stuff. Python, Java, Kotlin.

More intermediate stuff goes into the data structures and algorithms. https://sp19.datastructur.es/ ^UCB's Josh Hug is a good lecturer, also provides course textbook, hw, side projects.

For best practices, try to get the Head First Design Patterns PDF.

Common mistakes? Search for "Effective <whateverLanguage>" and you should find a PDF for whatever you're looking for.

Also, goalkicker.com has compiled a lot of intermediate stuff from scraping StackOverflow question-answers.