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Is the "Getting started"-guide up-to-date?

The Getting Started thread is very educational, but I am writing to point out that as time progresses more literature comes into being and there might be a more efficient way to digest programming language theory, category theory, programming language design, functional programming etc. I would love to see a curated list that describe a nice progression path from apprentice to journeyman and beyond, that still could be community maintained much like the getting started guide.

There could even be different suggested paths. I for one have programmed a lot of software, and my knowledge mostly pertains to maintainability, and software engineering approaches to distributing knowledge and writing robust systems. I am however very interested in the concepts that this site pertains to, but I have a lot of difficulties approaching it solely from a theoretical stand-point. I need application, and I find that until one's own knowledge moves beyond a particular point does it become possible to dream up one's own applications and sandbox-experiments.

And, I am sure there are other individuals that approach these concepts from a more mathematical standpoint, but I cannot much speak for them as a group as I am not amongst them.

Kind regards,
Filip Allberg