From: Greg Price Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:37:54 +0000 (-0400) Subject: SummerReading -> summer-reading.mdwn X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/commitdiff_plain/bc77de6a04ba48b9acddb8a2aaf521db1c5cb2b7 SummerReading -> summer-reading.mdwn --- diff --git a/doc/SummerReading b/doc/SummerReading deleted file mode 100644 index 7a5be2f..0000000 --- a/doc/SummerReading +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -= 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 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://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gsb2000-02-11.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.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 - * [http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html The e-mail threading algorithm], by Jamie Zawinski (jwz), old Netscape hacker. Interesting not only for the algorithm per se, but for his description of the process leading to its development, and his [http://www.jwz.org/doc/mailsum.html lost argument with Netscape 4's engineers] against replacing the algorithm with something overengineered - - -= 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. - -= Blogs, etc. = - * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com Joel on Software], a software developer in charge of a small company who writes well - * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html Making Wrong Code Look Wrong] - * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html The Law of Leaky Abstractions] - * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html Things You Should Never Do], i.e., rewrite software from scratch - * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)] - * [http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ The Old New Thing], an engineer for MS who writes about stupid hacks in the name of backwards compatibility - * [http://www.jwz.org/doc/ Jamie Zawinski's] writings / rants. jwz developed Netscape 1-3, and played a role in the open sourcing of Netscape as Mozilla. diff --git a/doc/summer-reading.mdwn b/doc/summer-reading.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4addf61 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/summer-reading.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +[[!meta title="Summer Reading"]] + +## Articles + + * [The Kerberos play](http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/dialogue.html): explains why Kerberos works the way it does + * [The Rise of Worse is Better](http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html): a brief description of the single coding philosophy that most influenced the design of UNIX and many related systems. The [entire article](http://web.mit.edu/geofft/Public/gabriel-on-lisp.ps), rather than just the section, is available in PostScript + * Tim Berners-Lee's [Design Issues](http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/) section, and his piece on why [Cool URIs Don't Change](http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI) + * A definition of [yak shaving](http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gsb2000-02-11.html), which you'll often find SIPB members unwisely engaging in. + * [GNU Philosophy](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html), hardline but worth reading. + * On that note, the [GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) and [GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html). Dense legal style, but also worth reading once, to understand what free software is about + * [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/), by Eric Raymond: an overview of closed-source ("cathedral") vs. open-source ("bazaar") design and participation philosophies + * [Why Nerds are Unpopular](http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html), by Paul Graham + * [How Athena Works](http://web.mit.edu/ghudson/info/athena), by Greg Hudson, longtime Athena engineer and SIPB member + * [The e-mail threading algorithm](http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html), by Jamie Zawinski (jwz), old Netscape hacker. Interesting not only for the algorithm per se, but for his description of the process leading to its development, and his [lost argument with Netscape 4's engineers](http://www.jwz.org/doc/mailsum.html) against replacing the algorithm with something overengineered + + +## Books online + + * Abelson and Sussman, [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html): the classic textbook for the famous 6.001 + * Eric Raymond, [The Art of Unix Programming](http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/index.html): also explains a lot of design + * Mark Pilgrim, [Dive Into Python](http://diveintopython.org/): "a Python book for experienced programmers" + * Eric Raymond, ed., [The Jargon File](http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/): a lot of hacker terminology and lore, plus quite a few interesting articles near the beginning. + +Don't forget about [Safari](http://safari.oreilly.com/) -- O'Reilly books online, free for MIT people. + +## Blogs, etc. + + * [Joel on Software](http://www.joelonsoftware.com), a software developer in charge of a small company who writes well + * [Making Wrong Code Look Wrong](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html) + * [The Law of Leaky Abstractions](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html) + * [Things You Should Never Do](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html), i.e., rewrite software from scratch + * [The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html) + * [The Old New Thing](http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/), an engineer for MS who writes about stupid hacks in the name of backwards compatibility + * [Jamie Zawinski's](http://www.jwz.org/doc/) writings / rants. jwz developed Netscape 1-3, and played a role in the open sourcing of Netscape as Mozilla.