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O. Henry stories are the literary equivalent of the one-liner joke. Short, witty, memorable, and with a clever twist at the end. This collection of O. Henry stori...

This is one of those books where a 5-star rating cannot adequately capture my impressions. I would argue that this book is deeply flawed, but still well-worth rea...

I have not read other DDD books, so I grabbed this one as a quick intro to decide if I wanted to dive deeper. My conclusion: either DDD is a useless pile of nonse...

This isn’t a book, so much as it is a reference manual or an appendix. It’s nearly 800 pages of dense, low-level discussions of performance issues related to the ...

devRant is a place you can talk (or rant) about your life as a programmer with other programmers. The devRant folks are also putting together a series of podcast...

A quick, fun read on, arguably, the most successful and important entrepreneur of all time. The writing is good, but not great; the stories and insider look you g...

This is a very quick read on how to hire programmers. It’s full of insights and interesting thoughts from someone who has been in the trenches of being a programm...

This book does a great job of covering most of the critical concepts of lean/agile development. The organization of the book is a bit random and the writing can o...

This book is worth reading, but it’s not particularly enjoyable. It’s one of those complicated affairs that shows just how inadequate a 5-star rating system is to...

If you’re new to microservices, this book is a decent intro, covering most of the major topics you need to be aware of. It only covers the topics at a surface lev...