Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine Faults
Shares rank 65 of 152 nonfiction books by recommenders
Readers recommend it for its interesting parts and systems mindset, and one says its first part could be a science fiction novel. Only one critic responded, and they objected to the crude title of chapter one.
Readers recommend it for its interesting parts and systems mindset, and one says its first part could be a science fiction novel. Only one critic responded, and they objected to the crude title of chapter one.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Systems mindset
“I like the systems mindset in the book.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine Faults” Interesting parts
“I read parts of this and found them quite interesting!”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine Faults” “the parts that to me were the most interesting”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine Faults” First part reads like sci-fi
“Great book. Its first part could become a sci-fi novel, and that's probably how many of the great novels were written.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine Faults”
Other nonfiction books people recommend
The four most recommended other nonfiction books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cuckoo's Eggby Clifford Stoll | 40 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Amusing Ourselves to Deathby Neil Postman | 36 | 0 | 100% | 9 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| The Anxious Generationby Jonathan Haidt | 24 | 12 | 67% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Bullshit Jobsby David Graeber | 20 | 12 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting Yourself Through Byzantine FaultsThis page | 4 | 1 | 80% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the parts that to me were the most interesting”
“I read parts of this and found them quite interesting!”
“The title of chapter one is "Fuck Off"”
“Great book. Its first part could become a sci-fi novel, and that's probably how many of the great novels were written.”
“I like the systems mindset in the book.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.