Ask HN: Books/Media about the creation of a product

by ForgotIdAgainon 6/4/2022, 9:33 AMwith 3 comments

I'm really fond of book and medias about the creation of a product here are some of my favorites one:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJYsA1jXf60 (docu series on the creation of the xbox, by microsoft)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdyb-RWNKo (precursor of the modern smartphone, still not watched this one but look interesting)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw ( the springboard smartphone history)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c (Half life documentary, various video game documentaries are available on the noclip channel and they go with a a good amount of depth)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihkRwArnc1k (AN incredible series on japan electronic industry, not a single product per se but lot of seminal products are introduced)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O00Jz8R04 (Iphone history)

- Master of doom (classic book on ID software, the last entries of abrash black art book on Quake creation are a lot of fun too)

- https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/video-games/making-crash/ great article series on the creation of the crash bandicoot and its tech challenge

- The Future was here – The Commodore Amiga (book on the Amiga computer creation, with lot of technical yet manageable details)

All in all ressources that include a good mix of technical details and compelling narrative would be great.

by rdubs333on 6/11/2022, 2:25 PM

I am working on a technology design book: https://mtrees.io

You can also search Google or Apple Books for MTREES.

by mindcrimeon 6/4/2022, 10:01 AM

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software[1]

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcenden...

by iman453on 6/4/2022, 4:15 PM

I really enjoyed Spelunky https://bossfightbooks.com/products/spelunky-by-derek-yu. Haven’t read the other books in the series.