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(Chapters marked with * are already written. This gets reorganized constantly
and 10 or so written chapters that I'm on the fence about aren't listed.)
Programmer Epistemology
* Dispersed Cost vs. Reduced Cost
* Verificationist Fallacy
* Mistake Metastasis
The Overton Window
Epicycles All The Way Down
The Hyperspace Gates Were Just There
Software Design
* Structured Design: Understanding Graphs
Object Oriented Design: Blurring Graphs
* Prescriptivist Design
Pop Culture Design
* Readability Is Not Real
* The Meaning Behind Design Principles
Design Morality Doesn't Work
Graphs
* A Brief History of Error Handling
Sandwiches of Doom
Hoisting Collaboration, Construction, and Call Graphs
* The Two Functional Programmings
Hoisting State
Functional Core, Imperative Shell
Functional Extensions to Structured Design
* High Level: Control vs. Conceptual
* Functional Core
* Imperative Shell
External Services
A Metadesign Aesthetic
Principle Amorality
Conceptual Integrity at All Costs
Design is Graph Manipulation
@hjwp
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hjwp commented Jul 9, 2014

I'd buy it for the chapter titles alone.

@SeanMcMillan
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I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

@rShetty
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rShetty commented Jul 10, 2014

Looks Great.... Can't wait to read it .... 👍

@josephsiefers
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Can't wait!!

@mwunsch
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mwunsch commented Jul 11, 2014

This looks fantastic, Gary. Really can't wait to read this.

@jezen
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jezen commented Sep 13, 2014

Really can’t wait to read this.

@mhenrixon
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👍

@kbrock
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kbrock commented Jan 13, 2015

best of luck with this endeavor

@andrii
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andrii commented Jan 15, 2015

Can't wait.

@jezen
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jezen commented Nov 6, 2015

Still looking forward to this.

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