Reddit reviews 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)

I think if you haven't read the GOF Patterns book, and then gone through the Cocoa apis and spent some time "pattern spotting", then you're probably not really a professional grade developer.

When "Patterns" came out, there had never been a systematic approach to describing common software abstractions or how they solve various problems. We call it "software engineering" but it is usually practiced more like software carpentry.

OTOH, mechanical engineers have been able to draw on references like 507 Mechanical Movements since the mid 1800's.