Bought this book in a Humble Bundle architecture pack. I have been reading it on my phone as an EPUB while waiting and being somewhere away from my other books.

The content is what it is, mostly somewhat irritatingly familiar and self evident, some places interesting and quite innovative and excellent at other locations. As the book is. related to what I do for work I can not say that it is the most interesting or rewarding, but perhaps useful would be something I could settle for.

One gem is the rant at the end of the book about avoiding selling snake oil and evangelizing technologies. Everything can be made to fit anywhere, but there are constant issues with applying technology and products. Under some conditions the issues can be smaller, while at other times the consequences can be severe. Enthusiasm is understandable, but enhancing the benefits easily leads to downplaying what is bad and the real world is complex. More complex than what a single tool can solve in every situation. Pity this is hidden away towards the very end where most readers will not even make it.

The experience of reading the book on the phone was not all that great. As you anyway tend to carry your phone around with you where you go also the book is near at hand. The figures, figure text and tables are difficult to make sense of. The experience is far of from the paper books I prefer, but I would not have carried the paper book around to read while waiting, neither would any other e-reader device been of any use.

The book is worth reading for information technology architects, developers and even designers. What do I know if even managers would benefit from some of the esoteric knowledge the book has to offer. For others, perhaps not a that great fit. And pick the PDF version, unless like me you wish to read it on the go.