infryq reviewed Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the …
Review of "Mote in God's Eye" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Just-in-time refactoring as a model for all engineering, the instinct of one of several highly specialized subspecies of tragically overpopulating aliens.
Also contains a nicely imperfect model for FTL space travel.