I’ve been reading “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” recently after seeing it mentioned in an Alan Kay talk. I had never heard of it before. Such an incredible bo

I’ve been reading “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” recently after seeing it mentioned in an Alan Kay talk. I had never heard of it before. Such an incredible book. Such an elegant argument showing how tightly coupled systems are inherently unstable. I wish I had read it twenty years ago. Made me wonder how much of the idea of structured programming was inspired by it.