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171 pointsaragonite14d ago27 comments

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This is so neat, as Phil mentioned in the How to run a software bookclub post, out of a group of 500, only 1-2%, 5-10 people may contribute with comments. But he lets the group grow in size because it is minimal overhead and many "lurkers" say they really appreciate reading the comments and get a lot out of it.

I am left wondering is there any way to see past comments on book discussions? I would love to read the discussions as I go through a book already done by the club on my own.

eatonphil13d ago

I keep thinking about doing future ones semi-public (need to sign up to be allowed to post) but I already spend more time on the book club than I particularly want to so I mostly just keep doing the same thing which works fine enough. It's also not unlikely we'd repeat a book in a few years (for example we'll read DDIAv2 probably next year). So for now, join the mailing list and new readings as they happen.

flumpcakes13d ago

I've tried many times to sign up but never got in/received an email - I'd like to join, even as a "lurker".

tolerance13d ago

People like me may be more interested in this blog post:

https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-05-30-how-i-run-book-clubs....

ungut13d ago

Lol, requires LinkedIn and can't parse valid email addresses. This is what senior+ software development looks like.

sudb13d ago

Famously valid email address parsing is far from trivial[1] - I wouldn't be so quick to judge!

1. https://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html

nagaiaida13d ago

that's an excellent reason why one shouldn't validate emails by parsing, not an excuse for barring valid emails through poorly implemented validation

sudb13d ago

sure, but I was replying to a complaint about failure to parse, not existence of parsing

isn't the real pragmatic answer to parse out known invalid email address strings, and only attempt to deliver an email if unsure?

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Insimwytim13d ago

It requires javascript as well.

Metaluim13d ago

It's funny - I was just thinking about your book club earlier this morning. Found some good recommendations over there!

ozgrakkurt13d ago

It looks amazing as a reading list. I am also reading the OS book by Tanenbaum since the three piece book got very boring after a bit of reading

ofrzeta13d ago

The Stallings book is very good.

ozgrakkurt13d ago

I found it mentions too many out of context things. I’m not in a position to judge if it is technically good

vjay1513d ago

I remember reading Tanenbaum, the dino book right? It is amazing

ozgrakkurt13d ago

Dino book is written by someone else. Also found that one boring

adangit13d ago

Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?

rdevilla13d ago

This is great. I sort of feel a lack of fora for discussing technical books over a longer lifetime than merely say, the HN front page.

While there is a very good selection of readings, it's unfortunate that both LinkedIn and Google are being used here, especially if the discussion is text-only.

clumsysmurf14d ago

"High Performance Browser Networking"

I wish there was an update to this book, reading it a while back I think it covered some proposed HTTP/2 features but definitely not HTTP/3.

Many of the issues discussed had to do with TCP itself.

eatonphil13d ago

Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.

globalnode13d ago

I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub

LPisGood13d ago

Well I don’t have Linkedin so that’s a shame. The idea is very good.

simonw13d ago

I expect if you use www.linkedin.com/i-do-not-have-linkedin as the URL Phil will let you in anyway.

jruohonen13d ago

My sentiment too: a nice idea worth supporting but the execution has something to improve. In addition to LinkedIn:

   "All discussion is via a Google Group."

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ryanar13d ago

I am left wondering is there any way to see past comments on book discussions? I would love to read the discussions as I go through a book already done by the club on my own.

eatonphil13d ago

flumpcakes13d ago

I've tried many times to sign up but never got in/received an email - I'd like to join, even as a "lurker".

tolerance13d ago

People like me may be more interested in this blog post:

https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-05-30-how-i-run-book-clubs....

ungut13d ago

Lol, requires LinkedIn and can't parse valid email addresses. This is what senior+ software development looks like.

sudb13d ago

Famously valid email address parsing is far from trivial[1] - I wouldn't be so quick to judge!

1. https://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html

nagaiaida13d ago

that's an excellent reason why one shouldn't validate emails by parsing, not an excuse for barring valid emails through poorly implemented validation

sudb13d ago

sure, but I was replying to a complaint about failure to parse, not existence of parsing

isn't the real pragmatic answer to parse out known invalid email address strings, and only attempt to deliver an email if unsure?

2 more replies

Insimwytim13d ago

It requires javascript as well.

Metaluim13d ago

It's funny - I was just thinking about your book club earlier this morning. Found some good recommendations over there!

ozgrakkurt13d ago

It looks amazing as a reading list. I am also reading the OS book by Tanenbaum since the three piece book got very boring after a bit of reading

ofrzeta13d ago

The Stallings book is very good.

ozgrakkurt13d ago

I found it mentions too many out of context things. I’m not in a position to judge if it is technically good

vjay1513d ago

I remember reading Tanenbaum, the dino book right? It is amazing

ozgrakkurt13d ago

Dino book is written by someone else. Also found that one boring

adangit13d ago

Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?

rdevilla13d ago

This is great. I sort of feel a lack of fora for discussing technical books over a longer lifetime than merely say, the HN front page.

While there is a very good selection of readings, it's unfortunate that both LinkedIn and Google are being used here, especially if the discussion is text-only.

clumsysmurf14d ago

"High Performance Browser Networking"

I wish there was an update to this book, reading it a while back I think it covered some proposed HTTP/2 features but definitely not HTTP/3.

Many of the issues discussed had to do with TCP itself.

eatonphil13d ago

Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.

globalnode13d ago

I would love to see a maths version of this bookclub

LPisGood13d ago

Well I don’t have Linkedin so that’s a shame. The idea is very good.

simonw13d ago

I expect if you use www.linkedin.com/i-do-not-have-linkedin as the URL Phil will let you in anyway.

jruohonen13d ago

My sentiment too: a nice idea worth supporting but the execution has something to improve. In addition to LinkedIn:

   "All discussion is via a Google Group."

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse