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Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
Dreaming in Code Two Dozen Programmers Three Years 4732 Bugs and One Quest for Transcendent Software
Author: Scott Rosenberg
Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior, — especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving—and take a guid...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781400082476
ISBN-10: 1400082471
Publication Date: 2/26/2008
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A journalist tries to find out why so many software projects are behind schedule, over budget or doomed to fail. I could sympathize with so many of the dilemmas in this book, from working with software. Recommended.


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