The founder, and sole developer of Mutable Instruments (a well known modular audio/synth maker) wrote about her recommendations on how to get started in audio programming here [0]. Much recommended for the cited books, and general/business advice on making a hardware audio product.
The reply like this is what I was hoping for! BTW, the actual forum thread (linked at your link) seems to exist only in the Google cache at [0], or am I missing something?
I saw that too after posting! Thanks for posting the link to the Google Cache. The book recommendations and suggested progression are really great — Mutable / Émilie is awesome in all kinds of ways..!
[0] https://forum.mutable-instruments.net/t/new-to-coding-where-...