GoKawiilReview of Paul McKenney's free textbook on parallel programming published
A reviewer shares detailed impressions of Paul E. McKenney's open-access book 'Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?', tracing how attending the 2026 Software Should Work conference and conversations with Fil-C creator Filip Pizlo sparked renewed interest in concurrency after a period working with TLA+ and a failed attempt to learn Lean. The piece recounts the reviewer's background before diving into reactions to McKenney's material on synchronization and concurrent programming.