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“If Agatha Christie ran Unix Conventions”
The BSD North conference draws some of the smartest people in the world. These few days will validate Dale Whitehead’s work—or expose him as a fraud.
When a tragic death devastates the conference, only Dale suspects murder.
Computer geeks care about code.
But do they care enough… to kill?
The BSD North conference draws some of the smartest people in the world. These few days will validate Dale Whitehead’s work—or expose him as a fraud.
When a tragic death devastates the conference, only Dale suspects murder.
Computer geeks care about code.
But do they care enough… to kill?
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This isn't a story for everyone, but if you are the right audience (and you know who you are), this book is an excellent combination of wit, storytelling, and mystery.
The main character is beautifully developed, the cast and locations fleshed out, and the pacing is great.
A new favorite mystery for me, and I just may have to get it in paperback too.
The main character is beautifully developed, the cast and locations fleshed out, and the pacing is great.
A new favorite mystery for me, and I just may have to get it in paperback too.
I considered attending BSDCan in Ottawa this year. Instead, I stayed home and read this murder mystery set at a fictional version of this conference.
It was very enjoyable, and very readable. I almost gave it 4 stars for how delightful the premise is. I honestly have no idea if it would be so enjoyable if you are not familiar with the tech industry.
There is an innocent quality to this book that I associate with people who enjoy British murder mysteries who decide to write a murder mystery. As is ...more
It was very enjoyable, and very readable. I almost gave it 4 stars for how delightful the premise is. I honestly have no idea if it would be so enjoyable if you are not familiar with the tech industry.
There is an innocent quality to this book that I associate with people who enjoy British murder mysteries who decide to write a murder mystery. As is ...more
Good show, good sir.
Ok. I bought this book under false pretense.
shelf GIT technical book. What I actually got was so much better. A main character many of us techno geeks can partially identity with. SOs to many in the tech community. This is easily the cleanest fiction I've read by him. I was even a bit misty during the auction.
Ok. I bought this book under false pretense.
shelf GIT technical book. What I actually got was so much better. A main character many of us techno geeks can partially identity with. SOs to many in the tech community. This is easily the cleanest fiction I've read by him. I was even a bit misty during the auction.
Really well written, and very believable. The main character is a slightly grey-hat hacker, looking for his way into the source trees of both the 10% most used server OS on the planet, and the 10% most used Web publishing engine. Not for nefarious reasons, just... because he can. He's at a BSD conference as a speaker, when his room-mate is murdered during the morning keynote... and our hero has the tools to find out who did it.
If you've ever been to an IT conference, you are likely to recognise ...more
If you've ever been to an IT conference, you are likely to recognise ...more
A well-crafted, classical whodunnit at a software developers conference. The premise is brilliant; the awkward main character suffers from social anxiety and attention deficit order and very well executed; the author knows his technology, so the technobabble is solid. Also, genuinely funny and surprisingly humane.
Strongly recommended to programmers; must-read for people who obsess over version control. For non-tech readers this remains a solid murder mystery with a welcome look into the head of ...more
Strongly recommended to programmers; must-read for people who obsess over version control. For non-tech readers this remains a solid murder mystery with a welcome look into the head of ...more
If you don't know what "git", "commit", or "subversion" have to do with each other then this isn't for you. If, however, these are a part of your daily life along with IRC, code reviews, software cons then you will probably enjoy this one.
Wasn't the deepest of plots but was a fun read.
This is a book for a very specific audience, but for that audience it is pure gold.
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