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The book “CODE” uses exactly this pattern. It starts with two people talking to each other via cans connected with string, and works its way up to complex netwo
by blowski 5y ago
The book “CODE” uses exactly this pattern. It starts with two people talking to each other via cans connected with string, and works its way up to complex networks and processor architecture.
- imdsm 5y agoThat sounds like an enjoyable read. Could you share the ISBN or link? Thanks
- yarinr 5y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319 https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softw...
- ideakitchen 5y agoThanks, just picked this up, look forward to reading this.
- imdsm 5y agoThanks. Seems there is a second edition due October 26, 2022. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0137909101/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Sof... I feel tempted to buy the current edition, but also to wait for the second.
- blowski 5y agoOh that's brilliant, I'm looking forward to that! There is still so much of the tech stack that hasn't changed since this book was published in 2000 - TCP, IP, DNS, binary, logic gates, etc. But there's also much that has changed that could be written about - virtualisation, containers, wifi, fibre, cloud infrastructure, USB, GPUs.
- imdsm 5y agoI've gone ahead and bought the first edition, and then when the other is out, I'll add that to my collection too. Looking forward to reading it. No matter how much I learn, I find going over the basics again, reading introductions again, really helps to keep everything active up there. Let's face it, we learn so much but we also seem to lose so much as well.
- Optimal_Persona 5y agoI recently picked up CODE after seeing it recommended on HN a few months ago and it's really filled in the gaps in my knowledge of how computing technology evolved.