# From Dits to Bits by Herman Lukoff

3 Hacker News commenters recommended From Dits to Bits by Herman Lukoff and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a good, fascinating read, and a firsthand account of early computing told by someone who was there.

## Why people recommend it

- Firsthand account of formative computing years (1 comments): "Told by a guy who was there for a lot of the formative stuff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290526))
- Fascinating read found in library (1 comments): "a fascinating book I found in the library" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288366))
- Described as a really good book (1 comments): "That’s a really good book!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289156))

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- [Chip War by Chris Miller](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chip-war.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0896610020?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780896610026) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "From Dits to Bits by Herman Lukoff", https://hackerapproved.com/p/from-dits-to-bits/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).