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A must read for any manager, CEO, or founder. This book is a guide to the hard, messy problems in business, such as layoffs, losing deals, and failing companies, ...

This book fluctuates between brilliance and madness. When it focuses on the mechanics of start ups, it’s great. When it focuses on Thiel’s philosophies, it’s a bi...

(I did not write up a text review or notes on this book).

This book is a concise and approachable look at relational and NoSql data stores. It does a great job of presenting the the underlying concepts and discussing the...

A great read for anyone interested in automated testing and TDD. Pros Makes a strong case for testing: better design, faster feedback, user experience first,...

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Here’s the showdown you’ve been waiting for: Node.js vs Play Framework. Both are popular open source web frameworks that are built for developer productivity, asy...

A nice overview of basic usability principles for building user interfaces. The call for do-it-yourself user testing is extremely important, though ignored or unk...

(I did not write up a text review or notes on this book).

The book describes itself as a practical guide to general programming in the real world, but for the most part, doesn’t deliver on that promise for a number of re...