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I’m a bit torn on this book: on the one hand, it is a very thorough look at a number of important, but often overlooked topics; on the other hand, the book is not...

A fun read to hear the stories of famous programmers and to understand how they think about their specialties. It’s inspiring to see that almost all of them come ...

My hand is over my mouth, my eyes are watering, and I’m trying to hold my breath, but every few seconds, my throat tries to turn itself inside out. Most smells,...

A good book to read for any coder. Perhaps not as thorough as Code Complete but much more effective than The Pragmatic Programmer.

One of the more down to earth, real world looks at lean and agile that I’ve come across. In the first half of the book, Kniberg outlines how his team used lean/ag...

The best book I’ve ever read about writing. Every high school and college student should be required to read this. It’s honest, well written, and full of stories ...

One of my blog posts got picked up by Lifehacker! Check out Don’t Just Learn to Code, Learn How to Think Like a Computer Scientist on lifehacker.com:

Although there is some good advice in this book, the format makes it hard to remember or apply. Much of the book, especially the first half, felt like a list of p...

A wonderful inside look at how a number of different startups were created. The book reinforced a few interesting trends for me: Many startup ideas were ...