Just the fact that he links to SEIA would be enough to make this the best post I have read all day. http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ http://philip.greenspun.c

Just the fact that he links to SEIA would be enough to make this the best post I have read all day. http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ This is the textbook for the MIT course "Software Engineering for Internet Applications" ... The most concise statement of the course goal is that "The student finishes knowing how to build amazon.com by him or herself." I intend to spend the next few months reading through this book, completing the exercises, and coming as close to the experience of that course as I can without moving to Massachusetts.