CONDITION
This Book is in Nice Clean Condition with no damage. May have some minor wear around cover edges. The Pages are in Clean Condition with No Tears, Creasing, Ink Marks or Smells to them. Please see Pictures for further details.
DESCRIPTION
Hacknot - Essays on Software Development by Ed Johnson.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 294 approx
Publisher: Ed Johnson
Printed: December 2006
Summary:
This book contains 46 essays originally published on the Hacknot website between 2003 and 2006. Topics covered include: Peopleware; Management; Extreme Programming and Agile Methods; Requirements; Design; Documentation; Programming; User Interfaces; Debugging and Maintenance; Skepticism; The Industry.
A collection of essays on software, written from the point of view of a seasoned software developer. He explains, sometimes seriously, others with more than enough snark, what he does not like about the software industry.
It dedicates considerable space to one of the great weaknesses of software developers: their infatuation with newness, fashion and coolness. People who are not programmers might think that programmers, when working, do rational and unbiased decisions about what tools to use, trying to choose what is the best tool for the job. Nothing farthest from the truth.
In reality, programmers gather around technologies the same way people gather around sport clubs or political parties. People choose tools because it has some "philosophy" that appeals to them; they try unproved, buggy technologies on their clients because they are new and cool; there are millions and millions of posts in the internet in quasi-religious discussions around technology where reason is thrown away and all is left is pure "fanboyism". In Hacknot, Ed (a pseudonym) recounts his experiences with such situations.
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