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A comment on Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by IgorPartola on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:28PM (#13524691)
Can't the doctor read medical journals and published papers in their fields instead of tweets from a select few peers?
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by pestaa on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:40PM (#13524798)
Very much agreed. Curated, peer-reviewed, or just generally thought through by more than one person -- we need more of that.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by Cyph0n on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:51PM (#13524887)
What's the analogue to that in the software development space? Following a project usually means following a person, unless you're talking about huge projects maintained by a team of developers.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by xiaoma on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:12AM (#13528968)
I think they mean following them on github to see what they're starring and working on.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by liviu- on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:53PM (#13525391)
I suspect he's referring to following HN and similar communities.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by mosselman on Monday January 30, 2017 @05:20PM (#13525597)
Or, scientific research? We do have that in IT.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow? by nickthemagicman on Monday January 30, 2017 @08:19PM (#13526662)
Why can't we have both?
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