Where Wizards Stay Up Late

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• The usual recommendations are: "Racing the Beam", "Where Wizards Stay Up Late", "The Idea Factory", "Soul of a New Machine", "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce"

  Hacker News · 2020 · in “Ask HN: What are more books like “Masters of Doom” or “Showstoppers”?” · see comment ↗

• tangentially, if you like that genre one of my favourite books in it is "where wizards stay up late", about the development of the internet.

  Hacker News · 2025 · see comment ↗

• I strongly recommend Where Wizards Stay Up Late, which this article cites a lot.

  Hacker News · 2024 · see comment ↗

• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

  Stack Exchange · 2010 · in “Books and stories on programming culture, specifically in the 80's / early 90's” · by Gratzy · CC BY-SA 2.5 · see comment ↗

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