Peopleware

"The book Peopleware was actually instrumental in our getting this understanding that 80% of anything you attack is about questions like: How do people interact with the software? How can you get them to interact in a way that makes sense? That’s what you need to worry about. A lot of the time it doesn’t matter if your code is technically correct or pretty. That’s irrelevant if no one can actually understand what the hell it does. So, let’s get to first principles, first causes. Let’s understand what’s going on here."

"If you've ever seen the performance of an all-star sports team suffer due to poor coaching, you'll appreciate this book."

"A hugely underappreciated book. I remember all kinds of things from it."

"@jasoncrawford @twang @jamescham @dscheinm @ev A hugely underappreciated book. I remember all kinds of things from it."