SoaNM is an extended portrait of a single product development process/team under severe competitive pressure. The specific technology being developed isn’t the

SoaNM is an extended portrait of a single product development process/team under severe competitive pressure. The specific technology being developed isn’t the point (though it has to be explained for context) — it’s an attempt at capturing some archetypal characters and narrative of how technology is developed. It’s sort of like Silicon Valley, except instead of satirizing the outrageous nonsense that takes place in the Valley today, it takes seriously the mostly-serious work of development. When I worked at Apple in the 90s, if someone asked “what is your work like?” I would give them that book.