= Articles =
* [http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/dialogue.html The Kerberos play]: explains why Kerberos works the way it does
- * [http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html The Rise of Worse is Better]: a brief description of the single coding philosophy that has . The [http://web.mit.edu/geofft/Public/gabriel-on-lisp.ps entire article], rather than just the section, is available in PostScript
+ * [http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html The Rise of Worse is Better]: a brief description of the single coding philosophy that most influenced the design of UNIX and many related systems. The [http://web.mit.edu/geofft/Public/gabriel-on-lisp.ps entire article], rather than just the section, is available in PostScript
* Tim Berners-Lee's [http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/ Design Issues] section, and his piece on why [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI Cool URIs Don't Change]
* A definition of [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that.html yak shaving], which you'll often find SIPB members unwisely engaging in.
* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html GNU Philosophy], hardline but worth reading.
* On that note, the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPLv3] and [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPLv2]. Dense legal style, but also worth reading once, to understand what free software is about
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar], by Eric Raymond: an overview of closed-source ("cathedral") vs. open-source ("bazaar") design and participation philosophies
+ * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html Making Wrong Code Look Wrong], from Joel On Software (see below)
+ * [http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html Why Nerds are Unpopular], by Paul Graham
+ * [http://web.mit.edu/ghudson/info/athena How Athena Works], by Greg Hudson, longtime Athena engineer and SIPB member
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= Books online =
* Abelson and Sussman, [http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs]: the classic textbook for the famous 6.001
* Eric Raymond, [http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/index.html The Art of Unix Programming]: also explains a lot of design
* Mark Pilgrim, [http://diveintopython.org/ Dive Into Python]: "a Python book for experienced programmers"
+ * Eric Raymond, ed., [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/ The Jargon File]: a lot of hacker terminology and lore, plus quite a few interesting articles near the beginning.
Don't forget about [http://safari.oreilly.com/ Safari] -- O'Reilly books online, free for MIT people.