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The Shape of Small Systems

By Bikesh Chaudhary

A working book about the systems one person can hold in their head, and what happens at the edge of that.

Published
Reading time
1 min read (estimated)
Length
314 words
Category
Engineering
Genre
Non-fiction
Tags
architecturesoftwaresystems

Sample writing.Nothing has been published to the library yet, so the shelves are showing placeholder pieces written to demonstrate the reading experience. They are not Bikesh’s work, and the first real entry replaces the whole set.

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Synopsis

Most writing about software architecture assumes a team. This is about the other case: the system built and maintained by one person, where the binding constraint is attention rather than coordination.

Contents

3 chapters · 1 min

45% written
  1. 01The Constraint Nobody Writes About1 min
  2. 02Depth Over Decomposition1 min
  3. 03The Edge of One Head1 min