A Philosophy of Software Design

I finished "A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout (creator of tcl): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design.



The book contains some tips and tricks to keep complexity low, and some concerns against some mainstream trends (agile, short methods, etc..). 

I was expecting a bit more, given that the trigger for me was this review [https://lethain.com//notes-philosophy-software-design/]  that already covered 90% of the value of the book.  

The author did a talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmSAYlu0NcY) which covers also many of the good points.

Overall the book is a nice conversation starter. It's packed with good advices but it feels a bit short and sometimes simplistic. Maybe it's removing complexity even in the tips, so keeping it "obvious" is part of the magic. 

I'm still deciding if it's meta-genius.