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I hate to sound hyperbolic, but I can't overstate how impressive this work is. For me, it evokes nothing so much as Tracy Kidder's The Soul of A New Machine [0]
by dankohn1 11y ago
I hate to sound hyperbolic, but I can't overstate how impressive this work is. For me, it evokes nothing so much as Tracy Kidder's The Soul of A New Machine [0] for opening up an obscure world (the one many HN posters live in, but obscure to most people). I am amazed both by the technical fidelity and by the quality of the story telling.
[0] http://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977/ http://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/03164...
- mangeletti 11y agoI agree. This is the best piece of writing I think I've ever read on the web. This touches on everything, and so accurately, and so concisely... this article is giving me a stroke I think.
- meowface 11y agoI've never seen anything like this on a website before. The writing, the formatting, the structure, the animations; it's near perfect.
- jheriko 11y agoare we reading the same article??!?! the content is quite good but the layout, colour, animations etc. are a mess.
- mangeletti 11y agoLook
- meowface 11y agoThere is a fine line between mess and art. :)
- mteruel 11y agoAnd this article just crossed :D
- mangeletti 11y agoThe big red semicolon picture near the bottom had me cracking up so hard. I will need to re-read this article every week for the rest of my life, in order to fully enjoy it.
- cfeduke 11y agoSame, one of the best things I've read. It may rank above Programming Sucks[1] which is my go to reference for friends when they ask me to explain to them what it is I do. 1. http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks