An old publication more relevant now than ever - The Cathedral and the Bazaar. A comparison of software practices in the early 2000s with some retrospective to how great software is built.
I think much of the writing can be applied to today's federated content models.
In particular:
- The Mail Must Get Through
- Necessary Preconditions for the Bazaar Style
- The Importance of Having Users
Is there a place that has a list of classic programming articles like this? Such a fun read. I know PHK has another one of the design of Varnish vs Squid here https://varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/phk/notes.html