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Source capture · 2009-11-02 ↗I just made Jurgen Appelo’s list of ‘Top 200 Blogs for Developers’. I’m sneaking in there at number 198, apparently down from 150 when Jurgen last published the list. It’s my own fault for not blogging for almost three months!
There are some great blogs in the list that I’m already aware of and a heap more that I’m going to trawl my way through. Let me know if you come across any that are worth a look…
Oh, and the irony of being a non-developer appearing in the list isn’t lost on me either!