It is just simply too hard to read several hundred papers and do bin-surfing to find out what was done in the historical past of computing and grab the timeless

It is just simply too hard to read several hundred papers and do bin-surfing to find out what was done in the historical past of computing and grab the timeless ideas. We need government/grant supported researchers and tech writers who can do this work and create a curated, focused bunch of books describing the best methods and designs. I found the Architecture of Open Source Apps to be amazing, but we need something regularly maintained for all software domains.