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A philosophy of software design - John Ousterhout. Opened my eyes on many things.
by gv83 3y ago
A philosophy of software design - John Ousterhout. Opened my eyes on many things.
- vnglst 3y ago+1 I also really liked that book. It's also something you could read many times and still find value in it.
- gizmo 3y agoI don’t think that book has aged very well. Maybe half of it is still good advice, the other half is very outdated or plain wrong.
- gv83 3y agoI'm not the kind that takes advice from books at face value or with a dogmatic "this is what the expert do" attitude; I think the biggest lesson of that book is a great explanation of "what complexity is", which is something I've seen lacking in many colleagues
- account-5 3y agoWhat parts are wrong? Be interested to know.
- wsc981 3y agoI read the book quite recently and thought most of it was still relevant. But wouldn't regard it is one of the best programming books from my pov. It was a good read though.
- musicale 3y agoHasn't aged well since the 2nd edition in 2021? So basically it doesn't cover AI tools well enough?