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+1 on this. I don't think anything in that book was especially new to me, but it matches what I think of as "good software design", and having it all compiled in book form makes it easier to transmit that knowledge to other people, especially students or newer engineers.

That was my general feeling but there is definite value to having it stated clearly and coherently and with the implied authority of a book (which is silly but a thing).

I haven't read the book yet, but I have watched his Talks at Google talk on the topic [1] a couple of times (1 hour), highly recommended.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmSAYlu0NcY

That talk was how I ended up buying the book.

Ousterhout is brilliant and can also write very clear code that is a joy to read.