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John Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
When programmers say “code is poetry,” they really mean it. Recursion
John Maeda • How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
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Network limitations arise when clusters remain separated without a bridge to connect them.
David Ehrlichman • Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change
Since most requirements specifications are chock-full of solutions masquerading as requirements, functional decomposition absolutely maximizes your pain. You will forever be chasing the ever-evolving solutions, never recognizing the true underlying requirements.
Löwy Juval • Righting Software
One of the greatest programmers in history, who did indeed understand every component of the computer from the software down to the chip, Niklaus Wirth, wrote “the belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety, or at least to a significant degree of detail
... See moreAnna-Sofia Lesiv • Criticizing Computers
As Paul Graham wisely reminds us: "Do things that don't scale."