Papers & Books

Blogs and hot takes are fun but the good stuff hides in primary sources. I like to read computer science papers and books cover to cover and write about what holds up in production and what doesn't.

You get the insights without wading through 40 pages of LaTeX. And when a famous book doesn't survive contact with real code, I'll tell you that too.

Papers and books

2 articles from September 2024 show all

The Laws of Software Evolution

Manny Lehman was one of the first to notice that software is never done. It just continues to evolve forever.

Why software projects fail

5 common themes