Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch
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Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch
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#2Peterson and Davie's Computer Networks: A Systems Approach is also free:
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#3The answers I get have taught me that most programmers don't have a basic understanding of how the internet works outside of their narrow specialty.
I'm definitely a bit guilty of this.
OP do you plan to cover stuff used in IOT? Treating HTTP as a magic black box kind of works fine until you have to consider MQTT, COAP etc.
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#4Wow really neat, nice work! I also love the "read on the web for free, buy a print/pdf copy" model. I rarely buy books now without being able to sample them first. I like your writing style, and I think it's well on the way to being a great book.
It might be a little early to start spreading the word though, with only 3 chapters ready so far. Hopefully when it's closer to being done you'll be able to get some attention from HN
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#5This website needs a table of contents! The user experience of needing to click through a linked list to get to a specific chapter is very suboptimal.
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#6This website needs a table of contents! The user experience of needing to click through a linked list to get to a specific chapter is very suboptimal.
There are only 3 chapters so far. I figured a table of contents could wait till after chapter 4 was done haha!
Re: Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch
#7Wow really neat, nice work! I also love the "read on the web for free, buy a print/pdf copy" model. I rarely buy books now without being able to sample them first. I like your writing style, and I think it's well on the way to being a great book. It might be a little early to start spreading the word though, with only 3 chapters ready so far. Hopefully when it's closer to being done you'll be able to get some attenti…
Thank you so much! I finished about 10k words while on paternity leave (mostly during nap time).
Releasing early was mostly a choice to help motivate me. As well as to get early feedback and proofreaders.
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#8Definitely will have to give this a read, thanks for sharing
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#9I really like the idea of this. I look forward to reading what's finished now, as well as what will be released in the future!
I have a huge gap in knowledge for so many things that I interact with on a regular basis, but that I don't actually need to understand well in order to meet minimum job expectations.
This seems like a good book to address network basics. Sadly, I'm a huge procrastinator, but this seems especially important for me to address.
Books that have been in my backlog for years: Database Design for Mere Mortals, Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Building Secure and Reliable Systems, Writing a Compiler in Go, Crafting Interpreters.
All books that I know I need to read, but I just can't get around to it because there's no immediate reward for me, as someone who doesn't have to worry about any of these days in my day-to-day duties.
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#10The answers I get have taught me that most programmers don't have a basic understanding of how the internet works outside of their narrow specialty. I'm definitely a bit guilty of this. OP do you plan to cover stuff used in IOT? Treating HTTP as a magic black box kind of works fine until you have to consider MQTT, COAP etc.
Potentially, once I cover the more basic topics. Part 1 will cover essentially a simplified Ethernet network (plus a few additions). Part 2 will cover the internet as it existed about 20 years ago. And part 3 will cover modern additions.
I’ve done some IOT work so it is something that interests me.