Dreaming in Code : Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software (Paperback)

from kiparsky

I found this book in a cafe, on the borrow-and-return shelf, and it looked interesting, so I borrowed. A quick read, it falls somewhere between the Big Idea in Software book and the Daring Adventures in Coding book. Rosenberg spent several years following a software development project, and this ...

from kiparsky

I found this book in a cafe, on the borrow-and-return shelf, and it looked interesting, so I borrowed. A quick read, it falls somewhere between the Big Idea in Software book and the Daring Adventures in Coding book. Rosenberg spent several years following a software development project, and this ...

from pierthinker

Rosenberg attempts to do for software what Tracy Kidder did for hardware in 'The Soul of a New Machine' back in the early 1980s. Rosenberg follows a team of software developers as they attempt to build an alternative personal information manager called Chandler to compete with Microsoft's Outlook...

from superpatron

Mitch Kapor (of Lotus 1-2-3 fame) has the misfortune of funding an ambitious software project just as the World Wide Web was going through its Web 2.0 phase. It's a complicated story, related in a lot of detail, but without any heroes and without a happy ending.

from hotonline

Rosenberg expected to spend a year following a software project and then write a book about the experience. Ultimately the story of Chandler continues but publishing deadlines couldn't wait. Enjoyed the nostalgia the book provoked but it was also like watching a train wreck.