cs: suckless philosophy
i recommend that you read suckless.org philosophy to sharpen your programming skills at https://suckless.org/.
and of rwxrob’s recommendations in one of his beginner’s boost is to read the style and coding guidelines for each specific language, as it will make your code consistent throughout the document. that is, if you’re coding in c, just google "c coding guidlines" and you’ll get the results.