{"name": "Explaining Software Design", "short_name": "Explaining Software Design", "start_url": "https://explaining.software/archive/", "description": "by  Zach Tellman \n\nFor the past few years, I've been working on a book about software design. Its thesis is fairly simple: \n\n> Software development can be reduced to a single, iterative action. Almost everything we do in the course of a day \u2014 the pull requests, the meetings, the whiteboard diagrams, the hallway conversations \u2014 is an explanation. Our job is to explain, over and over, the meaning of our software: what it is, and what we expect it to become. \n\nIn this newsletter, I'll be sharing some excerpts from my still-incomplete manuscript. I'll also share some tangential thoughts that didn't make the cut. Topics will include: \n\n* practical definitions for simplicity and complexity \n* names and metaphors \n* the history of software design \n* language models as software developers, and vice-versa \n\nIf any of this sounds interesting, you should check out the [introductory post](https://explaining.software/archive/a-brief-introduction/) and subscribe.", "icons": [{"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@48.png", "sizes": "48x48", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@72.png", "sizes": "72x72", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@96.png", "sizes": "96x96", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@144.png", "sizes": "144x144", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png"}], "background_color": "#FAFAFB", "theme_color": "#0069FF", "display": "standalone", "orientation": "portrait-primary"}