I was also thinking about this book when I read that article. It's really an excellent book and it's condensed and because it's written by an expert in teaching it's easy to grasp.

It's also recommended in this article:

"Update, 2020-12-19 After suggestions from comments below, I read A Philosophy of Software Design (2018) by John Ousterhout and found it to be a much more positive experience. I would be happy to recommend it over Clean Code".