On System Design (2006) [pdf](scholar.harvard.edu)
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On System Design (2006) [pdf]
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/waldo/files/ps-2006-6.pdf
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"Like patterns or open source, there is considerable theology
in the characterizations of agile methods, and I don’t wish to
get caught up in such theological debates"
Finally I see a sane stance somewhere :) This article is pure Gold on a lot of fronts and seems to have also aged decently well.
Finally I see a sane stance somewhere :) This article is pure Gold on a lot of fronts and seems to have also aged decently well.
Like 3 patterns is or not open
"About the series - The Perspectives series is a collection of essays written by individuals from Sun Microsystems Laboratories. These essays express ideas and opinions held by the authors on subjects of general rather than technical interest."
Would someone know where I could find other essays from this collection?
Would someone know where I could find other essays from this collection?
Can anyone point to good resources on systems thinking and design in general not just software ?
Christopher Alexander's work introduced an approach to design using patterns from nature. https://arl.human.cornell.edu/linked%20docs/Alexander_A_Patt...
"You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction". - from the Semantic Scholar introduction
"You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction". - from the Semantic Scholar introduction
Systems design depends a lot on hardware and research rather than theory. So, you'll have to read papers and code to grokk things.
A good starting point would be to read about Operating Systems.
www.OSTEP.org
A good starting point would be to read about Operating Systems.
www.OSTEP.org
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Ok
"The fact is that good system design takes time; it is the sort of thing that requires hard solo thinking along with long discussions with other engineers. There are days when no real progress seems to be made, and other days when the only progress is to realize that what you thought was progress over the previous few days or weeks was in fact a wrong turn that won’t really work. Such a realization is progress. In fact, such a realization may be the most important kind of progress, as it can save huge problems later in the project. But to a manager it may not seem to be moving forward."
I recently came to this exact realization. So when I saw this post I had to see if it was in there. And it is!