Mazes for Programmers
Mazes for Programmers by Jamis Buckby Jamis Buck
Shares rank 30 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended for its clear visual explanations of maze algorithms, project ideas and further reading; fans consider it a masterpiece of its genre.
Recommended for its clear visual explanations of maze algorithms, project ideas and further reading; fans consider it a masterpiece of its genre.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Masterpiece praised by longtime fans
“longtime fan of Mazes for Programmers [0] here”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “The 1 Trillion Pixel Maze: My Decade-Long Obsession – Davy Davidse [video]” “is a masterpiece of the genre”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “Maze Algorithms (2017)”
Other programming books people recommend
The four most recommended other programming 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Mazes for Programmersby Jamis BuckThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the author does care about making pleasant mazes”
“it has a fun set of projects and further ideas/reading as well”
“longtime fan of Mazes for Programmers [0] here”
“I used Jamis' book extensively to build this AI tool for generating custom mazes of any shape!”
“the way he explains each algorithm with visualizations makes it stick”
“is a masterpiece of the genre”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.