mirabilos reviewed The tao of programming by James, Geoffrey
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4 stars
I read the archived edition from: web.archive.org/web/20200813020852/http://algol.acadiau.ca/~jdiamond/docs/TaoOfProgramming.pdf
Not all of it was new; most has crossed my path one way or the other, perhaps in combination with the Jargon File. Some was new, and some things I only understand having seen companies in multiple sizes now.
This wisdom is timeless, even if it takes having read up on older architectures (like mainframes) to understand, for the younger ones. It was prophetic as well (I really laughed out loud when the clouds rolled in, for quality went out of the window with that).