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473
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438
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Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study?
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185
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https://blog.elementary.io/why-we-write-elementary-apps-in-vala/
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182
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170
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https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/transcending-posix-end-era
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https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2022/09/living-like-nothing-matters/
147
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131
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Ask HN: Best empirical papers on software development?
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97
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