Awesome Cold Showers

Awesome Cold Showers is a curated list of evidence-based reality checks on overhyped ideas. Each entry pairs a common claim with research or data that complicates it. It suits developers, technical managers and anyone tired of hype cycles who wants a calmer, sourced view of new techniques.

Each entry gives the hyped claim, the counter-evidence, the caveats the curator notes, and links to papers, benchmarks and talks. Topics are mainly software engineering, such as formal verification, static typing, big data, web framework performance and agile methods. The list is in English and accepts suggestions from readers.