Reddit mentions of Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers Reveal The Hidden Beauty In Software Design

"More focused" is the key point for me. I have a different opinion what that means, that's all.

See here for the following quote:
> The following subjects would be off-limits: Technology, devices, software, operating systems;

For me, operating systems are relevant to coding: they define the framework that I must navigate in order to get my code to do what it is supposed to. But I can find my OS-related programming content elsewhere, I don't need to have it present in /r/coding. But I would rather exclude too much than allow too much in - noise is distracting, and simplicity stimulates focus. If people really miss something, it will find its way in.

Regardless, I can recognize a losing battle - the idea of code reviews seems to have many supporters and few opponents, so it will happen anyway if someone wants to risk and endure not-so-constructive criticism, puns and potential fame on TheDailyWTF.

I think the whole idea will be short-lived. The comment threads will provide some helpful remarks (e.g. read Code Complete, Beautiful Books, or other books, learn about various algorithms and their computational complexity to figure out better approaches, etc.). The comments will become redundant after a while, and then people will realize that they are doing somebody's homework, and that learning good style is largely a self-study, and can't be passed on in a couple of sentences. And we'll have a new rule for "no newbie code reviews here".

But I've been proven wrong by Reddit many times before, so I won't bet on my version of events. So, who's gonna be the first one to submit code for a review?

Cannot recommend those books enough. Also check out "Beautiful Architecture"