Abstract
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 guided
tour through the theories and methods, both brilliant and misguided,
that litter the history of software development, from the famous
'mythical man-month' to Extreme Programming. Not just for technophiles
but for anyone captivated by the drama of invention, Dreaming in
Code offers a window into both the information age and the workings
of the human mind.
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