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Discussion on: What are your Favorite Authors, on Which Topics, and Why?

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Drew Knab • Edited

Of the users who aren't super active anymore:
@tux0r (I have a soft-spot for his unhinged opinions, though occasionally problematic)
@jrswab (genuinely a good writer)
@chantastic (absolute goober who's written some genuinely helpful articles)
@dmfay (some really cool older articles and formerly a prolific commenter with great insight into an array of topics)

Currently active users:
@joaofbantunes (never read or watched one of his videos without learning something)
@missamarakay (genuinely good writer and consistently makes me think about DX in a new way)
@jwoertink (unique perspective from an, uhhh, unconventional industry and really gets me thinking about alternative solutions architecture)

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João Antunes

Thanks for the shout-out!
Happy that you’ve found the posts and videos useful 🙂.

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Amara Graham

<3 thank you for the shoutout! And a great prompt to get another blog written!

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

ah ah that was also a secret hope :)

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Jeremy Woertink

😬 I have to really think outside the box sometimes lol. Thanks for the mention, glad you dig the articles.

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Wow thanks a lot. I had a look at all of them and found some pearls
(the others are good too, just writing about other parts of the industry than mine).

In particular:

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Eljay-Adobe

Was it tux0r who wrote....

git - makes simple things difficult,
      hard things impossible, and
      disasterous things easy.
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...?

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

I don't know but I will steal it, thanks.