Naughty Words Every Programmer Should Know rips the plastic wrap off software development’s most overused principles and repackages them as unforgettable, slightly NSFW acronyms you’ll actually remember.
- No-BS explanations of real engineering principles
- War stories from actual projects (the kind you don’t hear at conferences)
- Honest takes on why some “best practices” quietly destroy codebases
- Practical advice for writing software that survives contact with reality
- Junior developers trying to avoid painful rookie mistakes
- Mid-level devs drowning in process theater
- Senior engineers who’ve seen things and are tired of pretending otherwise
Most programming advice is:
- Over-sanitized
- Over-abstracted
- Under-tested in the real world
This book exists to say the quiet parts out loud — with humor, clarity, and zero corporate polish.
Contains:
- Strong language
- Stronger opinions
- A high chance of spontaneous nodding across your dev team
Read responsibly.
This book is free to share under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 license.
You’re encouraged to distribute it, quote it, and argue with it — just give credit.