[kqr]

Huh, interesting. I recognised the name from my time working with CFEngine – a very impressive piece of software in a space full of crap – but did not know there were books on it. Colour me intrigued.

Is the Thinking in Promises book too shallow or is it a good start?

[hosh]

I am not familiar with that book and that sounds interesting. I have not read that book so I won't make a recommendation on where to start.

I was working through "Promise Theory: Principles and Applications" and read through the first handful of chapters. For me at least, it was more accessible than math-heavy books. Yet, I can tell that it helped sharpened my reasoning ability about promises. I only made it through the first handful of chapters and yet it set a foundation that I was able to use over the years. Reading through some of the comments and reviews again, I see there are even more ideas that I could understand if I make my way through the book.