# Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Senior engineers recommend it and call it fantastic, but critics say it was overhyped and written to make money from sales and lectures.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as fantastic and enjoyable (2 comments): "I'm enjoying it so far, there is overlap with Clean Code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49907968)) "Clean Architecture is fantastic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955092))

## What people warn about

- Author and motives criticized as commercial (2 comments): "The entire purpose of CA was for people to make money off book sales, lectures, and consulting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47884200)) "Clean Architecture and Uncle Bob can take a hike." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47998880))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mythical-man-month.md): 56 recommend
- [Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann](https://hackerapproved.com/p/designing-data-intensive-applications.md): 37 recommend
- [A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-philosophy-of-software-design.md): 28 recommend
- [Code Complete by Steve McConnell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/code-complete.md): 14 recommend
- [The Architecture of Open Source Applications by Amy Brown and Greg Wilson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/architecture-of-open-source-applications.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134494164?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780134494166) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-architecture/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).