Data Oriented Programming in Java: Chapter 7 Progress (2025-03-24)

Published: 2025-03-24

Early Access here: Data Oriented Programming in Java

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My life is in shambles, but work on the book continues.

Hitting 1000 words a day turns out to be a lot. I was unsuccessful. Most writing happened on the weekend as normal. Still, I do like having the goal. It disincentivizes editing. This is good, because editing is the fun part. The blank page is daunting.

The first draft is complete. It's god awful, but the core is there. Now it's the long tail of turning this into something readable. I'm pretty excited about this one. The narrative arc I ended up with is far different than the one I planned. It climbs up to the peak of complexity, and then descends through numerous virtuous collapses.

Simplicity begets simplicity.

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