I came here to say something similar, but you took the words out of my mouth. My experience reading through it was it was a mix of good advice with some questio

I came here to say something similar, but you took the words out of my mouth. My experience reading through it was it was a mix of good advice with some questionable advice, some advice that was really only good for Java, and some advice that was terrible. The problem is it's pitched at an audience that may not be able to discern the differences between the above. The multiple authors (on a per-chapter basis) doesn't help. Generally speaking, the earlier chapters were better, but my advice would echo yours: give it a miss, especially if you're not working in Java.