Software Internals Book Club

(eatonphil.com)

214 points | by aragonite 1 day ago

10 comments

  • ryanar 1 day 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 20 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 19 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 1 day 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 1 day ago
          Lol, requires LinkedIn and can't parse valid email addresses. This is what senior+ software development looks like.
          • sudb 1 day ago
            Famously valid email address parsing is far from trivial[1] - I wouldn't be so quick to judge!

            1. https://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html

            • nagaiaida 14 hours ago
              that's an excellent reason why one shouldn't validate emails by parsing, not an excuse for barring valid emails through poorly implemented validation
              • sudb 13 hours ago
                sure, but I was replying to a complaint about failure to parse, not existence of parsing

                isn't the real pragmatic answer to parse out known invalid email address strings, and only attempt to deliver an email if unsure?

                • bobbiechen 5 hours ago
                  Sending emails that bounce is a really good way to increase the chance that your subsequent emails end up in spam.
                  • xboxnolifes 12 hours ago
                    not parsing is a form of parsing... you're just accepting everything.
              • Insimwytim 12 hours ago
                It requires javascript as well.
              • Metaluim 20 hours ago
                It's funny - I was just thinking about your book club earlier this morning. Found some good recommendations over there!
                • ozgrakkurt 1 day 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 23 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 1 day ago
                    The Stallings book is very good.
                    • ozgrakkurt 1 day 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 1 day ago
                      I remember reading Tanenbaum, the dino book right? It is amazing
                      • ozgrakkurt 1 day ago
                        Dino book is written by someone else. Also found that one boring
                    • clumsysmurf 1 day 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 20 hours ago
                        Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.
                      • adangit 18 hours ago
                        Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?
                        • globalnode 1 day ago
                          I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub
                        • LPisGood 1 day ago
                          Well I don’t have Linkedin so that’s a shame. The idea is very good.
                          • simonw 1 day ago
                            I expect if you use www.linkedin.com/i-do-not-have-linkedin as the URL Phil will let you in anyway.
                            • LPisGood 1 day 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 1 day ago
                                What? How?
                                • tardedmeme 1 day ago
                                  The computer fraud and abuse act is extremely broad to the point of absurdity.
                              • ndneighbor 1 day 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 1 day 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 20 hours ago
                                  If you start one your own way and you read interesting books I will happily tell people about yours. :)
                              • rdevilla 1 day 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.