10 Developer Habits That Separate Good Programmers From Great Ones
There's a moment in every developer's career when they realize that w...
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Great article! I’m taking it piece by piece to understand it fully.
It would be cool to see a post on pair programming sometime.
Also, a Table of Contents on long posts might help readers navigate easier.
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I love this! Seriously, that point about Habit 1—reading code far more than writing it—is massive. I used to feel guilty for just browsing through the Redux source code like it was a novel, but your reasoning completely validates it. It's like studying Hemingway to be a better writer; you absorb patterns and simplicity.
That quote, "The core Redux implementation is just a few hundred lines," is such a mic drop moment. It really hits home that simplicity is the goal, not complexity. I'm going to start scheduling a dedicated "Code Reading Time" block now. Thanks for the fire post! 🔥
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Great write-up! I’m taking it step-by-step so I can absorb each part.
A future post on pair programming would be awesome too.
And maybe a Table of Contents for long posts? It would make navigation easier.
Thanks for the insights!
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This honestly gave me so much hope.
I’m coming from a completely different background too, and it’s wild how many of the “soft” skills from other fields quietly translate into software — structure, design thinking, breaking big problems into small ones, dealing with constraints, etc.
I really liked how you framed architecture as an advantage instead of a setback. That line “You don’t start from zero. You start from experience.” is exactly what a lot of career switchers need to hear.
Also love that you kept it real about JavaScript humbling you 😂
Thanks for writing this — super encouraging and super relatable.
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bookmarking this coz it is one of the most important things I've read. This literally teaches life lessons, not just development. Thank you so much!
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I really love this, every developer need to read this
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I really love this, mate! 😍🔥
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Amazing! U have cooked everything in one post
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I loved this, Thank you for having this thread
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Brilliant
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Wow, a very nice write-up, although I am not from a computer related background, but these would help me in my journey to become a programmer.
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brilliant post! habit 9 (deliberate learning) really resonates. the difference between reactive vs strategic learning is huge.
one thing we've found at daily.dev is that developers who combine deliberate learning with curated content discovery tend to build stronger technical judgment faster. instead of randomly stumbling across new concepts, they're exposed to high-quality discussions about emerging patterns, architectural decisions, and real-world trade-offs from other experienced engineers.
the feedback loop between reading quality content and applying it deliberately (like your habit 8 production feedback) creates this compound effect where you start recognizing patterns across different contexts much faster.