ryanar 2 hours 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.

ungut 5 hours ago

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

ozgrakkurt 7 hours 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

  • sdevonoes an hour 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

  • ofrzeta 2 hours ago

    The Stallings book is very good.

    • ozgrakkurt 2 hours ago

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

  • vjay15 3 hours ago

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

    • ozgrakkurt 2 hours ago

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

rdevilla 4 hours 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.

clumsysmurf 8 hours 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.

globalnode 6 hours ago

I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub

LPisGood 7 hours ago

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

  • simonw 7 hours ago

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

    • ndneighbor 5 hours ago

      confirmed

      (I help host nycsystems w/ Phil- we don't mind, just an easier way to know who is who other than email)

    • LPisGood 7 hours ago

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

      • ornornor 6 hours ago

        What? How?

        • tardedmeme 6 hours ago

          The computer fraud and abuse act is extremely broad to the point of absurdity.

  • jruohonen 7 hours 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."