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What blog posts influenced your thinking the most?

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Simon Willison commented on a Lobste.rs discussion about influential blog posts, citing Joel Spolsky's "The Law of Leaky Abstractions" as an early influence that encouraged him to keep seeking deeper understanding.

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“My comment on What blog posts influenced your thinking the most? — Lobste.rs. An early Joel Spolsky one for me was The Law of Leaky Abstractions .”
Simon Willison's Weblog, 14 Sept 2026, 20:21.

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