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Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software
Software code is like a messy kitchen: you can cook fancy meals in chaos, but cleaning up later will cost you. Max Kanat-Alexander’s "Code Simplicity" is a no-nonsense guide to keeping your codebase lean, clean, and ready for whatever curveballs the future throws. It’s short, sharp, and suspicious of complexity dressed up as cleverness.
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