The Problem with Software
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The Problem with Software
| Full title | The Problem with Software: Why Smart Engineers Write Bad Code |
|---|---|
| Author | Adam Barr |
| Published | 2018 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Adam Barr, a twenty-year Microsoft veteran, on why software is bad: the discipline was self-taught by people with no shared training, and its habits were set before anyone knew what they were doing. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @WillManidis asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (the thread, June 2025).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Software · Technological Innovation — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.