alt.hn

5/12/2026 at 2:28:11 AM

Software Internals Book Club

 https://eatonphil.com/bookclub.html

by aragonite

5/12/2026 at 9:27:56 AM

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.

by ryanar

5/12/2026 at 1:40:56 PM

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.

by eatonphil

5/12/2026 at 2:32:54 PM

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

by flumpcakes

5/12/2026 at 6:40:28 AM

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

by ungut

5/12/2026 at 8:27:47 AM

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

by sudb

5/12/2026 at 8:03:31 PM

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

by nagaiaida

5/12/2026 at 9:01:22 PM

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?

by sudb

5/13/2026 at 4:38:42 AM

Sending emails that bounce is a really good way to increase the chance that your subsequent emails end up in spam.

by bobbiechen

5/12/2026 at 9:12:20 PM

not parsing is a form of parsing... you're just accepting everything.

by xboxnolifes

5/12/2026 at 9:16:57 PM

It requires javascript as well.

by Insimwytim

5/12/2026 at 1:55:20 PM

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

by Metaluim

5/12/2026 at 4:15:36 AM

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

by ozgrakkurt

5/12/2026 at 10:30:03 AM

Weird. I got bored with the Tanenbaum books (because they are very abstract and theoretical). The 3 piece book OS was very refreshing and I actually learned stuff

by sdevonoes

5/12/2026 at 2:05:21 PM

Agreed.

by eatonphil

5/12/2026 at 9:15:47 AM

The Stallings book is very good.

by ofrzeta

5/12/2026 at 9:19:28 AM

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

by ozgrakkurt

5/12/2026 at 8:35:05 AM

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

by vjay15

5/12/2026 at 9:18:31 AM

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

by ozgrakkurt

5/12/2026 at 3:48:39 AM

"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.

by clumsysmurf

5/12/2026 at 1:10:11 PM

Me too. Everyone should email O'Reilly.

by eatonphil

5/12/2026 at 3:55:05 PM

Who's starting a monthly HN: Book Club?

by adangit

5/12/2026 at 4:15:38 AM

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

by LPisGood

5/12/2026 at 4:20:04 AM

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

by simonw

5/12/2026 at 4:47:12 AM

I wonder if someone could be arrested for gaining unauthorized access to a computer system via fraud under US law for doing that.

by LPisGood

5/12/2026 at 5:43:14 AM

What? How?

by ornornor

5/12/2026 at 5:47:39 AM

The computer fraud and abuse act is extremely broad to the point of absurdity.

by tardedmeme

5/12/2026 at 6:41:32 AM

confirmed

(I help host nycsystems w/ Phil- we don't mind, just an easier way to know who is who other than email)

by ndneighbor

5/12/2026 at 4:21:04 AM

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."

by jruohonen

5/12/2026 at 1:28:45 PM

If you start one your own way and you read interesting books I will happily tell people about yours. :)

by eatonphil

5/12/2026 at 6:54:46 AM

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.

by rdevilla