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Re: Ask HN: Any advice on how to learn good software architecture practices?

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Post by dima-quant » Fri, May 29, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC

I enjoyed a lot reading the book and also learned a few things there: The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition. The main guiding principle: Good design is easier to change than bad design

Re: Ask HN: Any advice on how to learn good software architecture practices?

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Post by bmitc » Fri, May 29, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC

There are a lot of good books here: https://pragprog.com/categories/architecture-design-and-test...

I second the comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327571) recommending How to Design Programs (HTDP) and Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). The former has an edX course (https://www.edx.org/learn/coding/university-of-british-colum... and https://www.edx.org/learn/coding/university-of-british-colum...) and the latter has online lectures (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_xL4IGhJA&list=PLE18841CAB...)

Head First Architecture (https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Software-Architecture-Arch...) is good.

Reading about systems thinking would be useful.

Learning programming languages that have been well designed is helpful. I suggest Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World and Elixir in Action.

Re: Ask HN: Any advice on how to learn good software architecture practices?

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Post by mwhite » Fri, May 29, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Any advice on how to learn good software architecture practices?

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Post by boundless88 » Sat, May 30, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC

Continuously and deeply reading and understanding high-quality open-source code repositories - these resources are easy to find, but they require patience. With the help of LLMs, this process will be much easier than before.