I recently finished reading “A Philosophy of Software Design” by John Ousterhout, a book filled with insights for junior-mid level software engineers. One key idea is adopting a zero-tolerance approach towards complexity, as it can accumulate and lead to project inefficiency. Another idea challenges the belief that smaller components equate to better modularity, emphasizing that over-splitting can introduce unnecessary complexity. Exception handling is highlighted as a major source of complexity, with suggestions to reduce the number of exception handlers by defining errors out of existence, masking exceptions, and aggregating exceptions. The book stresses the importance of simplicity in software design to combat complexity issues effectively.
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