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Ask HN: If you could read only one book on design, which would it be?
- ineedausername 4y agoDesigning Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems Martin Kleppmann
- moomoo11 4y agoClean architecture
- schappim 4y agoIt depends on the kind of design. For UI design, you can't go past: https://www.refactoringui.com/ https://www.refactoringui.com/
- larsbarnabee 4y agoIf I had to say, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things It is one of the only books I actually keep close to me and know where it is at all times.
- brettkromkamp 4y agoThanks for the replies, everyone!
- pupileater 4y agoThis one is priceless, can be applied to virtually anything: Grid Systems Raster Systeme (Mueller-Brockmann Josef, 1957) https://www.academia.edu/38930657/Mueller_Brockmann_Josef_Grid_Systems_in_Graphic_Design_Raster_Systeme_fuer_die_Visuele_Gestaltung_English_German_no_OCR https://www.academia.edu/38930657/Mueller_Brockmann_Josef_Gr...