Hackers & Painters
Written in clear, narrative style, Hackers & Painters examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, internet startups and more. In each essay, Graham moves beyond widely held beliefs about the way that programmers work as he tells important stories about the kinds of people behind tech innovations, revealing distinctions about their characters and their craft. No hackers reading this book will fail to recognize themselves within these pages. No programmer will put it down without new thoughts actively percolating.
Published by O'Reilly
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Cody
Meh. This started out promising. While it may provide inspirational fodder for young, technological entrepreneurs, everyone else might soon find the tone obnoxious and constant extrapolation tedious.
Graham is at his best when he sticks to what he knows: programming and business technol...more...
I first heard of Paul Graham a few years ago and became very interested in him once I learned more about his dual nature as an artist and a programmer, something that I have found to be exceeding rare in the tech industry, I was starting to think I was one of the only people who liked to paint as we...more...























