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Ask HN: Examples of good code?

• sebleblanc 11y ago
  SQLAlchemy[1] is a large project with a very solid codebase; it is very well documented and the API is exemplary. 1: https://github.com/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/ https://github.com/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/
• geocar 11y ago
  Most recently for me, I saw Arthur's code which might not be what you're looking for. The origins of J[1], is publicly available C code, and even if it doesn't move you, consider spending some time on it anyway. When I was younger, I learned a lot from reading djb's code[2] changed the way I think about application design and [3] changed my mind about system administration. Actually everything djb wrote is worth learning from. Before that I recall specifically sicp[4] giving me a lot to think about. There are also bigger things (like plan9[5] and emacs[6]) that I've found interesting. [1]: http://nsl.com/papers/origins.htm http://nsl.com/papers/origins.htm [2]: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html [3]: http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html [4]: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ [5]: http://9p.io/plan9/index.html http://9p.io/plan9/index.html [6]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
  • dozzie 11y ago
    I wouldn't invoke DJB's daemon as an example of good code. It's awful, its structure is terrible, file structure is terrible as well.
• daly 11y ago
  Physically Based Rendering by Pharr and Humphreys (a literate program) is exceptionally readable ndncdall of the source code. It won an Academy Award.