Plain Pattern Language: a book review on the origin of Design Patterns - Lorie den Os

Have you actually read the GoF's "Design Patterns"? Lorie den Os hasn't! Instead, she read "A Pattern Language", a 1200-page book on physical architecture that deeply inspired the Gang of Four.

Initially picking it up with the sole intention of building better houses in The Sims 🎮, she shares what she learned from it as both a developer and a linguist. A refreshing book review that gets to the heart of a fundamental question: why do we code?

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