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A good example for such a bloated book is "Clean Architecture" by Robert C. Martin. The ideas of the book are more or less completely explained in a single blog

A good example for such a bloated book is "Clean Architecture" by Robert C. Martin. The ideas of the book are more or less completely explained in a single blog post or one of his talks (about 1 hour), but the book has a few hundred pages (432) where he delves into history and talks to you about how he used archaic computers 40 years ago (to render himself as a veteran and to underline some point in the main text). Another book on the same topic (https://www.packtpub.com/product/get-your-hands-dirty-on-clean-architecture/9781839211966 https://www.packtpub.com/product/get-your-hands-dirty-on-cle...) has only 156 pages and is far more useful in practice - but you'll learn less about the authors adventures in history.

locofocos 4y ago
Is this a good example of one of those talks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKZ-dWaCiU&ab_channel=ITkonekt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKZ-dWaCiU&ab_channel=ITkon...
- axiomdata316 4y ago
  For some reason that example reminded me of this example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkw9WOzhDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkw9WOzhDs
- cryptos 4y ago
  Yes, this is one of those talks. The book doesn't really cover much more.
azemetre 4y ago
Have you read the packtpub book? I'm very weary on buying from that publisher as I gotten burned too many times. IME they are often both poorly written and horridly incorrect. This was around 2018-ish so maybe they've gotten better but they definitely have the "self publish" stigma with little editorial guidance in my view. Not saying this is the case here, as the other looks decent and has a history of writing content.
- wpietri 4y ago
  Oh wow, I have a special hatred for them. I bought one thing from them and then spent years trying to get off their email lists. It took me something like 12 separate email requests (plus who knows how many times clicking on unsubscribe links). As a company they are dead to me.
  - jxramos 4y ago
    I was just in this dilemma to begin to eliminate accounts and random stuff I signed up for in periods of my life that are long gone. Many of them still have my email for some registration I made but have since eliminated all the emails and only get these annual privacy notice updates that seem mandated somehow. Even those I don't welcome because it's just another distraction to have to bother with. At some point I wonder if these organizations realize that if they continue to dishonor unsubscribe attempts that they simply get marked at spam. In the context of gmail I always thought too many organizations that get marked as spam just hurts them beyond the user they did not honor. Does anyone know if this is so?
- cryptos 4y ago
  Yes, I read the book and it is quite good. That is not the merit of the publisher, but the merit of the author. You can buy the book (more or less) directly from the author on https://leanpub.com/get-your-hands-dirty-on-clean-architecture https://leanpub.com/get-your-hands-dirty-on-clean-architectu... , so PacktPub seems only to be the printing partner.

locofocos 4y ago

Is this a good example of one of those talks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKZ-dWaCiU&ab_channel=ITkonekt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKZ-dWaCiU&ab_channel=ITkon...

axiomdata316 4y ago
For some reason that example reminded me of this example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkw9WOzhDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkw9WOzhDs
cryptos 4y ago
Yes, this is one of those talks. The book doesn't really cover much more.

azemetre 4y ago

Have you read the packtpub book? I'm very weary on buying from that publisher as I gotten burned too many times. IME they are often both poorly written and horridly incorrect. This was around 2018-ish so maybe they've gotten better but they definitely have the "self publish" stigma with little editorial guidance in my view. Not saying this is the case here, as the other looks decent and has a history of writing content.

wpietri 4y ago
Oh wow, I have a special hatred for them. I bought one thing from them and then spent years trying to get off their email lists. It took me something like 12 separate email requests (plus who knows how many times clicking on unsubscribe links). As a company they are dead to me.
- jxramos 4y ago
  I was just in this dilemma to begin to eliminate accounts and random stuff I signed up for in periods of my life that are long gone. Many of them still have my email for some registration I made but have since eliminated all the emails and only get these annual privacy notice updates that seem mandated somehow. Even those I don't welcome because it's just another distraction to have to bother with. At some point I wonder if these organizations realize that if they continue to dishonor unsubscribe attempts that they simply get marked at spam. In the context of gmail I always thought too many organizations that get marked as spam just hurts them beyond the user they did not honor. Does anyone know if this is so?
cryptos 4y ago
Yes, I read the book and it is quite good. That is not the merit of the publisher, but the merit of the author. You can buy the book (more or less) directly from the author on https://leanpub.com/get-your-hands-dirty-on-clean-architecture https://leanpub.com/get-your-hands-dirty-on-clean-architectu... , so PacktPub seems only to be the printing partner.