It has captured me and wouldn't release until I've found The Jester too. Honestly, I don't understand why this book receives such mixed reviews. The hunt for an elusive bug is a proper thriller, the story is well-paced and, most of all, it's the most accurate depiction of the reality of software development I've read in fiction so far. It's a solid novel I'd easily recommend even to non-programmers.
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mauami@books.theunseen.city a publié une critique de The Bug par Ellen Ullman
In 1984, at the dawn of the personal-computer era, novice software tester Roberta Walton stumbles …
The only piece about software development I can relate to
4 étoiles
It has captured me and wouldn't release until I've found The Jester too. Honestly, I don't understand why this book receives such mixed reviews. The hunt for an elusive bug is a proper thriller, the story is well-paced and, most of all, it's the most accurate depiction of the reality of software development I've read in fiction so far. It's a solid novel I'd easily recommend even to non-programmers.
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coriander a publié une critique de There Are No Accidents par Jessie Singer
We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been …
Essential reading
5 étoiles
This book is a profound and compassionate response to a horrific "accident" (crash) that killed the author's best friend. Singer digs deep into U.S. society's flawed notion of "accidents" and unpacks the conditions that make these "accidents" inevitable, the biases that block us from seeing them clearly and the obstacles to preventing them. I'd recommend this to everyone really, but particularly anyone involved/interested in government, city planning, harm reduction, and societal systems. The more we know, the more we can work toward prevention.
This book is a profound and compassionate response to a horrific "accident" (crash) that killed the author's best friend. Singer digs deep into U.S. society's flawed notion of "accidents" and unpacks the conditions that make these "accidents" inevitable, the biases that block us from seeing them clearly and the obstacles to preventing them. I'd recommend this to everyone really, but particularly anyone involved/interested in government, city planning, harm reduction, and societal systems. The more we know, the more we can work toward prevention.