The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder (2020)
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The article discusses the decline of a brilliant young coder, Lee Holloway, due to struggles with mental health and the pressures of the tech industry, sparking a thoughtful discussion on the HN community about the human side of coding.
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