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Every software developer in the world should read Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language, and learn the relevance of the appearance of security versus actua
by beat 12y ago
Every software developer in the world should read Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language, and learn the relevance of the appearance of security versus actual security. A lock is only as strong as its context. Better lock? Did you upgrade the door frame as well?
- hoprocker 12y ago> Did you upgrade the door frame as well? And the windows? I strongly second _A Pattern Language_. It's significantly augmented my sense of what in a living space works and what doesn't.
- beat 12y agoIf you liked A Pattern Language, I also recommend How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. I read both of those books during a few months of unemployment suffered in the old dotcom crash of 2001, and they completely changed my way of thinking about software. I recommend them to all programmers.