Out of the Tar Pit
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Out of the Tar Pit
Moseley and Marks
4 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2017–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Complexity is the single major difficulty in the successful development of large-scale software systems. Following Brooks we distinguish accidental from essential difficulty, but disagree with his premise that most complexity remaining in contemporary systems is essential.
Out of the Tar Pit 66 - pages, a little dry but will change your life
The main thesis of the book is that the programmers job, is to try to minimize state as much as possible
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Best books on managing software complexity? 2022 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are the best short tech/engineering books you have read? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What language-agnostic programming books should I read? 2017 · 1 recommendation