Software Internals Book Club

(eatonphil.com)

170 points | by aragonite 14 hours ago

10 comments

  • ryanar 7 hours ago
    This is so neat, as Phil mentioned in the How to run a software bookclub post, out of a group of 500, only 1-2%, 5-10 people may contribute with comments. But he lets the group grow in size because it is minimal overhead and many "lurkers" say they really appreciate reading the comments and get a lot out of it.

    I am left wondering is there any way to see past comments on book discussions? I would love to read the discussions as I go through a book already done by the club on my own.

    • eatonphil 3 hours ago
      I keep thinking about doing future ones semi-public (need to sign up to be allowed to post) but I already spend more time on the book club than I particularly want to so I mostly just keep doing the same thing which works fine enough. It's also not unlikely we'd repeat a book in a few years (for example we'll read DDIAv2 probably next year). So for now, join the mailing list and new readings as they happen.
    • flumpcakes 2 hours ago
      I've tried many times to sign up but never got in/received an email - I'd like to join, even as a "lurker".
  • tolerance 13 hours ago
    People like me may be more interested in this blog post:

    https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-05-30-how-i-run-book-clubs....

  • ungut 10 hours ago
    Lol, requires LinkedIn and can't parse valid email addresses. This is what senior+ software development looks like.
  • Metaluim 3 hours ago
    It's funny - I was just thinking about your book club earlier this morning. Found some good recommendations over there!
  • ozgrakkurt 13 hours ago
    It looks amazing as a reading list. I am also reading the OS book by Tanenbaum since the three piece book got very boring after a bit of reading
    • sdevonoes 6 hours ago
      Weird. I got bored with the Tanenbaum books (because they are very abstract and theoretical). The 3 piece book OS was very refreshing and I actually learned stuff
    • ofrzeta 8 hours ago
      The Stallings book is very good.
      • ozgrakkurt 8 hours ago
        I found it mentions too many out of context things. I’m not in a position to judge if it is technically good
    • vjay15 8 hours ago
      I remember reading Tanenbaum, the dino book right? It is amazing
      • ozgrakkurt 8 hours ago
        Dino book is written by someone else. Also found that one boring
  • adangit 1 hour ago
    Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?
  • rdevilla 10 hours ago
    This is great. I sort of feel a lack of fora for discussing technical books over a longer lifetime than merely say, the HN front page.

    While there is a very good selection of readings, it's unfortunate that both LinkedIn and Google are being used here, especially if the discussion is text-only.

  • clumsysmurf 13 hours ago
    "High Performance Browser Networking"

    I wish there was an update to this book, reading it a while back I think it covered some proposed HTTP/2 features but definitely not HTTP/3.

    Many of the issues discussed had to do with TCP itself.

    • eatonphil 4 hours ago
      Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.
  • globalnode 11 hours ago
    I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub
  • LPisGood 13 hours ago
    Well I don’t have Linkedin so that’s a shame. The idea is very good.
    • simonw 13 hours ago
      I expect if you use www.linkedin.com/i-do-not-have-linkedin as the URL Phil will let you in anyway.
      • LPisGood 12 hours ago
        I wonder if someone could be arrested for gaining unauthorized access to a computer system via fraud under US law for doing that.
        • ornornor 11 hours ago
          What? How?
          • tardedmeme 11 hours ago
            The computer fraud and abuse act is extremely broad to the point of absurdity.
      • ndneighbor 10 hours ago
        confirmed

        (I help host nycsystems w/ Phil- we don't mind, just an easier way to know who is who other than email)

    • jruohonen 13 hours ago
      My sentiment too: a nice idea worth supporting but the execution has something to improve. In addition to LinkedIn:

         "All discussion is via a Google Group."
      • eatonphil 3 hours ago
        If you start one your own way and you read interesting books I will happily tell people about yours. :)