Comment by Intermernet

And the most annoying thing is that despite the dearth of information available today, I find it hard to find one well vetted source of modern best programming practices!

Creative Computing, Byte, Dr Dobbs etc. had some incredible articles vetted by some amazing editors. If anyone has any recommendations for modern, well vetted programming resources, I'd love to hear them. I currently tend to just check /r/programming , HN, lambda-the-ultimate etc. on a periodic basis looking for new, interesting stuff. Any extra sites would be much appreciated!