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As someone who is moving to Tuscany soon, and as a fan of A Year in Provence, I thought I’d enjoy this book. The truth is that it’s OK, but nothing special. There...

A fun, fast-paced, hard-to-put-down read that does a great job of telling the story of John Carmack, John Romero, and the groundbreaking games they created (Wolfe...

This isn’t a book about “computer programming”, but about computer programmers. It holds up remarkably well more than 40 years after its publication date because ...

Around 2007, I created my home page on a free PHP host and a blog on Blogger. The two websites have served me well for nearly 8 years, but they were long past du...

In literature, The Competent (Wo)man is a character who exhibits a very wide range of abilities and knowledge. The idea is similar to a Polymath or a Renaissanc...

My answer on Quora to What does it mean for a software company/startup to be able to iterate quickly?:

An important read for everyone in software development. Although the book is not executed perfectly, it raises the level of debate in the software industry from a...

A mixed bag. The first part of this book focuses on coding advice, but it’s not particularly concrete or actionable. The examples that are present are very C spe...

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My answer on Quora to How can you validate an idea before jumping in and actually implementing it?: