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List of (contradicting) software development philosophies, most prominently

• Solve the first problem (example: item 5 here)
• Don't repeat yourself
• You ain't gonna need it
• Big design up front
• Look Before You Leap
• It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission

Code smells and a list of Antipatterns, featuring

• Call super
• Sequential coupling
• Coding by exception
• God object

List of Design Patterns, including

• Factory
• Model-View-Controller
• Observer
• Adapter

• How to be a programmer
• How to pick a language
• Not Invented Here
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar
• Cargo cult programming
• Jargon
• Technical debt

• Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering
• The cult of busy
• How to detect bullshit
• Pareto principle

• The Daily WTF
• Joel on Software
• Stackoverflow