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Peter Norvig's essay on why learning to program well takes years, not days — a direct rebuttal to 'learn X in 24 hours' books that still rings true decades later.

“Still one of the most useful things to send someone who's starting to code. The point about deliberate practice vs. just coding is criminally underappreciated.”

The 'notice problems' essay — Paul Graham on how the best startup ideas come from noticing things that are missing or broken in your own life, and why trying to think of ideas usually doesn't work.

“Made me completely change how I approach ideation. The 'live in the future' framing is much more useful than most 'find your passion' advice.”

Jakob Nielsen's classic 10 heuristics for evaluating user interfaces — still the most actionable framework for spotting UI problems without user testing.

“Print this out. Give it to everyone who ships interfaces. Reference it in design reviews. 30 years old and every heuristic still applies.”