Software Internals Book Club

by aragonite • 2 months ago

236 33 2 months 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.

eatonphil4• 2 months ago

Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.

ozgrakkurt3• 2 months 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

vjay15• 2 months ago

I remember reading Tanenbaum, the dino book right? It is amazing

ozgrakkurt3• 2 months ago

Dino book is written by someone else. Also found that one boring

ofrzeta• 2 months ago

The Stallings book is very good.

ozgrakkurt3• 2 months ago

I found it mentions too many out of context things. I’m not in a position to judge if it is technically good

sdevonoes• 2 months 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

eatonphil4• 2 months ago

Agreed.

LPisGood2• 2 months ago

Well I don’t have Linkedin so that’s a shame. The idea is very good.

simonw• 2 months ago

I expect if you use www.linkedin.com/i-do-not-have-linkedin as the URL Phil will let you in anyway.

LPisGood2• 2 months ago

I wonder if someone could be arrested for gaining unauthorized access to a computer system via fraud under US law for doing that.

ndneighbor• 2 months 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• 2 months 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."

eatonphil4• 2 months ago

If you start one your own way and you read interesting books I will happily tell people about yours. :)

tolerance• 2 months ago

People like me may be more interested in this blog post:

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

globalnode• 2 months ago

I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub

vismit2000• 2 months ago

Take a look at resources here: https://momath.org, specifically Best of Volumes Book Club https://momath.org/volumes/best-of/

ungut• 2 months ago

Lol, requires LinkedIn and can't parse valid email addresses. This is what senior+ software development looks like.

sudb2• 2 months 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• 2 months 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

Insimwytim• 2 months ago

It requires javascript as well.

rdevilla• 2 months 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.

ryanar• 2 months 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.

eatonphil4• 2 months 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 months 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".

Metaluim• 2 months ago

It's funny - I was just thinking about your book club earlier this morning. Found some good recommendations over there!

adangit• 2 months ago

Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?

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