A few people have asked me how it’s going, so I thought I’d just
share it with everyone. Things are going great. I’m writing much
more quickly than I thought I would be, and as a result I’m
finding I have time to do more changes than I thought I could,
which makes me happy. I should be finished drafting the chapters
by the end of the year.
In particular, the faster than expected pace is giving me a
chance to address one of the big weaknesses of the second
edition. In many places, the second edition is a collection of
facts and experiences. It says what and why, but it doesn’t
convey a process or method, and it doesn’t teach you how to think
about things and apply the results to situations beyond what the
book covers. I’m finding a number of key areas to remedy that:
performance optimization, profiling, indexing, high availability,
scalability, and so on. I’m adding an explanation of the
principles and consequences, and …
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