# Please Don't Learn to Code - Host: [blog.codinghorror.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.codinghorror.com/) - Saved: May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16T21:05:11Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3fbb49354a9a/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3fbb49354a9a.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) 10 PRINT "I AM MAYOR" 20 GOTO 10 ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3e6cea6cd5b5/) (blog.codinghorror.com, March 29, 2012) - [How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f23c13e90697/) (blog.codinghorror.com, June 3, 2012) - [Coding Horror: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b5590466fe8f/) (blog.codinghorror.com, May 29, 2013) - [Getting the Most Out of PNG](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/14cb697f8852/) (blog.codinghorror.com, December 18, 2015) - [Is Your Computer Stable?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e8e803b9e32d/) (blog.codinghorror.com, February 25, 2016) ## Saved the same week - [Kiva Annual Report](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8c1da1d069af/) (kiva.org, May 16, 2012) - [Google Green](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/83a5eca4774c/) (google.com, May 16, 2012) - [How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/39cecbffa053/) (gizmodo.com, May 16, 2012) - [Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3744567d3043/) (theoatmeal.com, May 16, 2012) - [John Cleese on Creativity](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a613fba15f59/) (youtube.com, May 16, 2012) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code