# 10 Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice) - Host: [blog.fogus.me](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.fogus.me/) - Saved: September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11T13:52:11Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ba30c0b60e15/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ba30c0b60e15.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) The papers chosen herein are not intended to act as a C.S. hall of fame, but instead hope to accomplish the following: All papers are freely available online (i.e. not pay-walled), They are technical (at times highly so), They cover a wide-range of topics and They form the basis of knowledge that every great programmer should know, and may already. Because of these constraints I will have missed some great papers, but for the most part I think this list is solid. Please feel free to disagree and offer alternatives in the comments. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [The best things and stuff of 2013](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1cffa9707976/) (blog.fogus.me, December 31, 2013) - [fogus: The best things and stuff of 2014](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5d596ce9a952/) (blog.fogus.me, January 1, 2015) - [The best things and stuff of 2015 « Send More Paramedics](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5cc315b1b304/) (blog.fogus.me, December 30, 2015) - [The Best Things and Stuff of 2025](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/41a14e1bfbb3/) (blog.fogus.me, January 8, 2026) ## Saved the same week - [I agree to .](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2bf195ae0df5/) (archive.gregg.io, September 11, 2011) - [The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit)](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/384145155130/) (blamcast.net, September 11, 2011) - [Made By Hand](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f0a098a3fb5a/) (thisismadebyhand.com, September 11, 2011) - [Mono 2 Growl Style](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2704d2bf4459/) (christopherlobay.com, September 11, 2011) - [Gliffy Public Diagram - visual-guide-to-chef](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4244fce8c1ca/) (gliffy.com, September 11, 2011) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blog.fogus.me/2011/09/08/10-technical-papers-every-programmer-should-read-at-least-twice/