Hackers Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age : Graham, Paul by Paul Graham


Hackers Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age : Graham, Paul
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"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " from Hackers Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul GrahamWe are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care?Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has processing power in it than a room sized mainframe did in 1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store are being replaced by the Internet. Hackers Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "an intellectual Wild West."The ideas discussed in this book will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth, heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the open source movement, digital design, internet startups, and.

Hackers Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age : Graham, Paul Reviews

  • Keeb

    This book has some essays not found on Paul Graham's website.If you're a fan of his writing then this is definitely worth picking up.It's always great to read about PG's thoughts surrounding start ups and what he learned when he started Viaweb.

  • MR J HOWMANS

    This is a classic for anybody from a creative background interested in startups or technology.

  • A. I. Mackenzie

    Paul Graham has a lot to say in this book, and he says it very clearly.When he confines himself to start ups and programming he makes a lot of good points. He's undoubtedly an excellent programmer and his thoughts on start ups and lisp (mainly) are interesting and backed up by experience. His essays on why nerds re unpopular is excellent.However on essays such as `How to make Wealth' and `Mind the Gap' he demonstrates the shallowness of his thinking. His politics are libertarian, and he repeatedly justifies the idea that inequality doesn't matter and that the rich earn their money. Both of these are debatable at best, and he makes various howlers such as the amount of dollars the US government creates has a top limit, programmers tend to be libertarians (maybe in the US but I've ever met one in Britain) etc. He has a point when he says differences in productivity should give rise to differences in wealth but it's very hard to believe that's what's happening in the top 1% of income.So as long as you ignore this, it's an interesting read, note also that all of these essays are free on PG's website.

  • Sebster

    I absolutely loved reading this book. I didn't want it to end. The insights to many aspects of IT and life were very interesting to me. This is the kind of book you shouldn't read in bed because you'll never go to sleep! Anybody interested in IT and programming should read this book.

  • Paulo Renato Orione

    Qual a semelhança entre programadores e pintores? Ambos são criadores. Eles criam coisas a partir de uma visão. Uma mistura de filosofia, tecnologia, visão de mundo e reflexões aleatórias que formam uma obra que tem alma. Alguns capítulos são diretamente para programadores, e nesses eu não tive muito interesse. Mas o outros, amigo que porrada. Paul Graham sintetiza com clareza assuntos complexos e polêmicos. Conformismo e seus perigos, criação de riqueza, criação de produtos tudo de um ponto de vista ao mesmo tempo filosófico e prático. Várias vezes terminei de ler um trecho e me vi assim: 🤯 Não fosse pelos capítulos muito técnicos que são 30% do livro, seria possivelmente um dos melhores do ano.Se você é programador, LEIA, provavelmente vai ser seu livro favorito.