Reviews

Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think by Marian Petre, André van der Hoek, Yen Quach

svec's review against another edition

3.0

Superficial but kinda fun, pithy. Maybe useful as a grab-bag reminder of how to get unstuck?

alexfink08's review against another edition

5.0

Nice, compact summary behind which lies decades of empirical research. The illustrations are quite nice as well.

willoem's review against another edition

3.0

A collection of brief principles. Not really a book to learn from but more so to ponder and reflect on.

originalhat's review against another edition

5.0

Fun, contemplative, and cheerful illustrations for moments of need. A good reminder of what's most to admire in the best of us, as well as a gentle nudge to get us there–thought, pragmatism, equality, curiosity, perspective, and vision, among many others.

ninj's review against another edition

4.0

It's quite pithy; short nuggets grouped into about ten sections.

turbobureaucrat's review against another edition

3.0

Just a list of some habits written in "for all good against all bad" style. It took me an hour to finish a book with 186 pages in it.

pratul's review against another edition

5.0

Gold nuggets. Every single page. It’s one of those books which only make sense once you have a fair bit of experience... because what’s in these pages is not new. Mostly it isn’t even surprising. But it comes back to you as “things senior engineers used to say to me when I was young but I never really got them”.