[–] paulliwali 7y ago ↗ Curated lists are nice but what makes this list "awesome"? Some background or bullet points would be nice to convince a reader to pick any of them up. [–] CharlesColeman 7y ago ↗ > Curated lists are nice but what makes this list "awesome"?I suspect a modern fad of using inappropriately effusive adjectives to hype mundane programming stuff. [–] skaomatic 7y ago ↗ This is a rockstar comment. [–] gmiller123456 7y ago ↗ Unless the title been has changed since you posted your comment, it is a list of "awesome books", not an "awesome list" of books. But, I agree, to make the list useful, there really needs to be some explanation as to why the book is awesome. [–] zigzaggy 7y ago ↗ “Awesome” lists are apparently A Thing on GitHub (1). I’ve been seeing them roll through pretty regularly.1. https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness
[–] CharlesColeman 7y ago ↗ > Curated lists are nice but what makes this list "awesome"?I suspect a modern fad of using inappropriately effusive adjectives to hype mundane programming stuff. [–] skaomatic 7y ago ↗ This is a rockstar comment.
[–] gmiller123456 7y ago ↗ Unless the title been has changed since you posted your comment, it is a list of "awesome books", not an "awesome list" of books. But, I agree, to make the list useful, there really needs to be some explanation as to why the book is awesome.
[–] zigzaggy 7y ago ↗ “Awesome” lists are apparently A Thing on GitHub (1). I’ve been seeing them roll through pretty regularly.1. https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 25.1 ms ] threadI suspect a modern fad of using inappropriately effusive adjectives to hype mundane programming stuff.
1. https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness