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Making Software

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752 points calme_toi | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 04:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source
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felipemesquita ◴[17 Apr 25 10:15 UTC] No.43714891[source]▶
The subtitle “A reference manual for people who design and build software” seems at odds with the description:

> This book won’t teach you how to actually make software […] It’s a manual that explains how the things you use everyday actually work. You don’t need to be technical to read this - there are a lot of pictures and diagrams to do the heavy lifting. You just need to be curious.

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1. dijksterhuis ◴[17 Apr 25 11:05 UTC] No.43715151[source]▶
A thing for a specific audience, not a thing with a specific purpose, is how i read the subtitle.

the subtitle doesnt say what the reference manual is a reference for. just that software people might like it.