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A review by iffer
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
3.0
This was very informative, and I enjoyed learning about the personalities of the different players involved in developing the Eagle computer. That said, after a while, the book became a bit dry, which is why I put the book down for quite a while before deciding to finish it. I'm also not sure if I buy the nostalgic and somewhat stereotypical portrayal of the earlier computer industry personalities of quirky misfit tinkerers. While this was likely true in some capacity, it also felt like the non-fiction telling was being shoved into a more appealing narrative by framing it in this manner. (This was probably more noticeable to me because I just finished Hamilton, and that is a also portrayal of borderline obsessive work by a band of unique people.)