One of my biggest growth moments as a programmer was realizing that libraries I use are just code, and I could read them directly rather than puzzling it out from the docs. Even today, I am surprised how much faster I move every time I start reading a layer I'm building on.

Feb 20, 2022 · 7:19 PM UTC

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Replying to @gdb
Totally bro I was thinking the same thing this morning on the can.
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Literally ran into this last week. Trying to figure out something in Innertia.js Documentation didn't mentioned anything. Looked in the code, found my answer in 1 minute
Replying to @gdb
Also amazing to see how simple some of this wizardry is. I remember looking at the source for React Redux Thunk the first time… 🤯 It also made me understand it a whole lot better when I did.
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Replying to @gdb @paulg
This is the coders version of "I dont need a map"
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Replying to @gdb
Good luck reading OpenSSL code, especially parts written long time ago.
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@NASASpaceflight whern are the calendars being produced w/#starship photos?
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Replying to @gdb @paulg
Until someone tries to get you to use an obfuscated library
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Replying to @gdb @_joaogui1
So read the assembly code directly instead of stdout
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Replying to @gdb
Code is code! Having the confidence to jump into an unfamiliar codebase and figure it out can be a superpower
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Replying to @gdb
agree! reading (others &library) code is a great to way learn too.
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