Paul Graham

Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

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Written in clear, narrative style, Hackers & Painters examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, internet startups and more. In each essay, Graham moves beyond widely held beliefs about the way that programmers work as he tells important stories about the kinds of people behind tech innovations, revealing distinctions about their characters and their craft. No hackers reading this book will fail to recognize themselves within these pages. No programmer will put it down without new thoughts actively percolating.
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  • jbmeerkatshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    Essays from 1 to 7 were pretty interesting. The remaining are more technical and a little bit obvious for me.

Quotes

  • jbmeerkathas quoted4 years ago
    The way to create something beautiful is often to make subtle tweaks to something that already exists, or to combine existing ideas in a slightly new way.
  • jbmeerkathas quoted4 years ago
    This is a good plan for life in general. If you have two choices, choose the harder.
  • jbmeerkathas quoted4 years ago
    This is why hackers give you such a baleful stare as they turn from their screen to answer your question. Inside their heads a giant house of cards is tottering.

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