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Discussion on: Three articles that had a big impact on how I approach software development

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Nimmo

Great list - all of these articles are excellent. There's loads of gold in dev.to!

I also love how something you read on the internet can have a long-term change to your approach like this. Like personally, I used to over-use the word "guys", right up until I joined the Elm community Slack. The Slackbot on that channel gently reminds you that words like "guys" can lead to people feeling excluded, and that you should consider inclusive alternatives instead. After seeing that one time it was like "Yep, can't argue with that". That's why my article "Thinking Of The Next Developer" was named as such, rather than "Thinking Of The Next Guy" (which would have been a snappier but less inclusive title).

I genuinely love how much it feels like everyone is constantly levelling each other up in dev communities, in all sorts of areas. <3