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Steve Jobs

par Walter Isaacson • 2011

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

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🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

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Steve Jobs

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

par Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages

4.16

1 000 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Elon Musk

par Ashlee Vance • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

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400 000+

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

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Elon Musk

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

par Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages

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400 000+ évaluations

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

De zéro à un

par Peter Thiel • 2014

Monopoly, not competition, builds the future. A guide to creating what nobody else can.

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🚀 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital 🏛️ Monopoly Theory 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 📊 Power Laws

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De zéro à un

Monopoly, not competition, builds the future. A guide to creating what nobody else can.

par Peter Thiel 2014 195 pages

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400 000+ évaluations

🚀 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital 🏛️ Monopoly Theory 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 📊 Power Laws

Minimalisme numérique

par Cal Newport • 2019

A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.

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🧹 Digital Detox 💰 Attention Economy 🎯 Tech Intentionality 📱 Social Media Critique 🕰️ Analog Revival

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Minimalisme numérique

A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.

par Cal Newport 2019 304 pages

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96 000+ évaluations

🧹 Digital Detox 💰 Attention Economy 🎯 Tech Intentionality 📱 Social Media Critique 🕰️ Analog Revival

The Everything Store

par Brad Stone • 2013

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

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👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

The Everything Store

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

par Brad Stone 2013 384 pages

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77 000+ évaluations

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

Le Dilemme de l'innovateur

par Clayton M. Christensen • 1997

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

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🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

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Le Dilemme de l'innovateur

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

par Clayton M. Christensen 1997 288 pages

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61 000+ évaluations

🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

Hooked

par Nir Eyal • 2013

The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.

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🎨 Product Design 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Behavioral Design 📊 User Engagement 📈 Behavioral Economics

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Hooked

The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.

par Nir Eyal 2013 154 pages

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50 000+ évaluations

🎨 Product Design 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Behavioral Design 📊 User Engagement 📈 Behavioral Economics

Le Projet Phénix

par Gene Kim • 2013

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

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🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

Le Projet Phénix

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

par Gene Kim 2013 450 pages

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50 000+ évaluations

🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

La vie 3.0

par Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

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🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

La vie 3.0

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

par Max Tegmark 2017 364 pages

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27 000+ évaluations

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Coder proprement

par Robert C. Martin • 2007

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

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🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Coder proprement

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

par Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages

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23 000+ évaluations

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Superintelligence

par Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

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🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

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Superintelligence

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

par Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages

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21 000+ évaluations

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Masters of Doom

par David Kushner • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

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🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Masters of Doom

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

par David Kushner 2003 368 pages

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20 000+ évaluations

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Hatching Twitter

par Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

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🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Hatching Twitter

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

par Nick Bilton 2013 321 pages

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19 000+ évaluations

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Free ! Comment marche l'économie du gratuit

par Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

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💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free ! Comment marche l'économie du gratuit

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

par Chris Anderson 2009 288 pages

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17 000+ évaluations

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

iWoz - De l'informaticien geek à l'icône culte

par Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - De l'informaticien geek à l'icône culte

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

par Steve Wozniak 2006 330 pages

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17 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

Ça ne marchera jamais

par Marc Randolph • 2019

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

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📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

Ça ne marchera jamais

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

par Marc Randolph 2019 337 pages

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17 000+ évaluations

📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

Disrupted

par Dan Lyons • 2016

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

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💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Disrupted

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

par Dan Lyons 2016 272 pages

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17 000+ évaluations

💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Becoming Steve Jobs

par Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

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📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Becoming Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

par Brent Schlender 2015 482 pages

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17 000+ évaluations

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Co-Intelligence

par Ethan Mollick • 2024

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

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🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

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Co-Intelligence

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

par Ethan Mollick 2024 256 pages

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16 000+ évaluations

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

I.A. La Plus Grande Mutation de l'histoire

par Kai-Fu Lee • 2018

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

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🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

I.A. La Plus Grande Mutation de l'histoire

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

par Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 pages

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16 000+ évaluations

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

Les bonnes idées : d'où viennent-elles ?

par Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

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🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Les bonnes idées : d'où viennent-elles ?

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

par Steven Johnson 2010 340 pages

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15 000+ évaluations

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

La vague à venir

par Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

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🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

La vague à venir

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

par Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages

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15 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Le Mythe du mois-homme

par Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

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🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

Le Mythe du mois-homme

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

par Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages

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15 000+ évaluations

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

Irresistible

par Adam Alter • 2017

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

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🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Irresistible

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

par Adam Alter 2017 368 pages

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12 000+ évaluations

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Le Manuel du créateur de start-up

par Steve Blank • 2012

Every business plan is guesswork. Here is the systematic way to replace guesses with customer facts.

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🌀 Lean Startup 📘 Startup Playbooks 🔍 Customer Research 🧱 Business Model Design 🎯 Product-Market Fit

Le Manuel du créateur de start-up

Every business plan is guesswork. Here is the systematic way to replace guesses with customer facts.

par Steve Blank 2012 608 pages

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12 000+ évaluations

🌀 Lean Startup 📘 Startup Playbooks 🔍 Customer Research 🧱 Business Model Design 🎯 Product-Market Fit

Le Deuxième Âge de la machine

par Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

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🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Immersif

Le Deuxième Âge de la machine

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

par Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages

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12 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The New New Thing

par Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

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💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

The New New Thing

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

par Michael Lewis 1999 349 pages

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10 000+ évaluations

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

Traction

par Gabriel Weinberg • 2014

Your best growth channel is the one your competitors dismissed. A process for finding it.

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🎯 Customer Acquisition 🚀 Go-To-Market 🧪 Growth Hacking 📈 Product-Led Growth 🔄 Viral Growth

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Traction

Your best growth channel is the one your competitors dismissed. A process for finding it.

par Gabriel Weinberg 2014 288 pages

4.11

9 000+ évaluations

🎯 Customer Acquisition 🚀 Go-To-Market 🧪 Growth Hacking 📈 Product-Led Growth 🔄 Viral Growth

Storytelling avec vous données

par Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2015

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

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🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Storytelling avec vous données

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

par Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 pages

4.38

8 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Lean Analytics

par Alistair Croll • 2013

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

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🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

Lean Analytics

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

par Alistair Croll 2013 440 pages

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8 000+ évaluations

🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

The Master Switch

par Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

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🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Master Switch

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

par Tim Wu 2010 368 pages

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8 000+ évaluations

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Cult of We

par Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

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7 000+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

par Eliot Brown 2021 430 pages

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7 000+ évaluations

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

L'Art de la supercherie

par Kevin D. Mitnick • 2001

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

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7 000+

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

L'Art de la supercherie

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

par Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 pages

3.76

7 000+ évaluations

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

Architecture logicielle propre

par Robert C. Martin • 2017

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

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🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Architecture logicielle propre

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

par Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages

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7 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Digital Gold

par Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

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💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Digital Gold

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

par Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 pages

4.14

6 000+ évaluations

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Invent and Wander

par Jeff Bezos • 2020

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

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🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Invent and Wander

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

par Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages

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6 000+ évaluations

🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Seuls ensemble

par Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

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🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Seuls ensemble

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

par Sherry Turkle 2011 384 pages

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6 000+ évaluations

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

L'ère de l'intelligence artificielle et notre avenir humain

par Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

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🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

L'ère de l'intelligence artificielle et notre avenir humain

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

par Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages

3.43

5 000+ évaluations

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

Monolith to Microservices

par Sam Newman • 2014

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

Monolith to Microservices

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

par Sam Newman 2014 473 pages

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5 000+ évaluations

🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

A Philosophy of Software Design

par John Ousterhout • 2018

Your codebase rots from the inside out. The design skill that stops it.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🌀 Code Complexity 🔌 Interface Design 💸 Technical Debt 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

A Philosophy of Software Design

Your codebase rots from the inside out. The design skill that stops it.

par John Ousterhout 2018 184 pages

4.22

4 000+ évaluations

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌀 Code Complexity 🔌 Interface Design 💸 Technical Debt 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Empowered

par Marty Cagan • 2020

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

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📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work

Empowered

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

par Marty Cagan 2020 432 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work

Swipe to Unlock

par Parth Detroja • 2017

Why Google and Facebook give everything away free, and how you can repurpose their strategies.

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3 000+

🧩 Tech Strategy 🏗️ Platform Businesses 🔄 Subscription Models 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 🚀 Startup Playbooks

Swipe to Unlock

Why Google and Facebook give everything away free, and how you can repurpose their strategies.

par Parth Detroja 2017 323 pages

4.22

3 000+ évaluations

🧩 Tech Strategy 🏗️ Platform Businesses 🔄 Subscription Models 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 🚀 Startup Playbooks

Brave New Words

par Salman Khan • 2024

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

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3 000+

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Brave New Words

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

par Salman Khan 2024 272 pages

3.58

3 000+ évaluations

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Python Crash Course

par Eric Matthes • 2015

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

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🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📈 Data Analysis

Python Crash Course

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

par Eric Matthes 2015 544 pages

4.35

3 000+ évaluations

🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📈 Data Analysis

Angel

par Jason Calacanis • 2017

Most of your fifty startup bets will fail. One non-negotiable clause makes the math work anyway.

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2 000+

👼 Angel Investing 💰 Startup Funding 📊 Portfolio Strategy 🔍 Due Diligence 🌉 Silicon Valley

Angel

Most of your fifty startup bets will fail. One non-negotiable clause makes the math work anyway.

par Jason Calacanis 2017 264 pages

4.25

2 000+ évaluations

👼 Angel Investing 💰 Startup Funding 📊 Portfolio Strategy 🔍 Due Diligence 🌉 Silicon Valley

Au cœur du Bitcoin

par Andreas M. Antonopoulos • 2014

21 million coins, zero central banks, one public ledger: the architecture that makes it all work.

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💰 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🖥️ Distributed Systems 💵 Monetary Systems 📖 Technical Reference

Au cœur du Bitcoin

21 million coins, zero central banks, one public ledger: the architecture that makes it all work.

par Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2014 296 pages

4.31

2 000+ évaluations

💰 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🖥️ Distributed Systems 💵 Monetary Systems 📖 Technical Reference

High Growth Handbook

par Elad Gil • 2018

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

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2 000+

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Culture Building 💰 Venture Capital

High Growth Handbook

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

par Elad Gil 2018 344 pages

4.08

2 000+ évaluations

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Culture Building 💰 Venture Capital

Without Their Permission

par Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

3.70

2 000+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

Without Their Permission

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

par Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages

3.70

2 000+ évaluations

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

I, Steve

par George Beahm • 2011

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

3.45

2 000+

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

I, Steve

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

par George Beahm 2011 160 pages

3.45

2 000+ évaluations

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

Program or Be Programmed

par Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

3.72

1 000+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

par Douglas Rushkoff 2010 152 pages

3.72

1 000+ évaluations

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Valley of Genius

par Adam Fisher • 2018

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

4.08

1 000+

🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 🌐 Internet History

Valley of Genius

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

par Adam Fisher 2018 512 pages

4.08

1 000+ évaluations

🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 🌐 Internet History

Jobs to be Done

par Anthony W. Ulwick • 2016

Customers measure success with metrics they never say aloud. Map them and build what actually wins.

3.73

500+

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 📋 Jobs To Be Done 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Market Segmentation ⚙️ Product Development

Jobs to be Done

Customers measure success with metrics they never say aloud. Map them and build what actually wins.

par Anthony W. Ulwick 2016 202 pages

3.73

500+ évaluations

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 📋 Jobs To Be Done 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Market Segmentation ⚙️ Product Development

Apprenez Python en un jour et apprenez-le bien

par Jamie Chan • 2014

One day, one language, one project: Python fundamentals taught through building a real game.

4.01

500+

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🔨 Hands-On Projects 📐 Programming Fundamentals 🌱 New Programmers

Apprenez Python en un jour et apprenez-le bien

One day, one language, one project: Python fundamentals taught through building a real game.

par Jamie Chan 2014 124 pages

4.01

500+ évaluations

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🔨 Hands-On Projects 📐 Programming Fundamentals 🌱 New Programmers

Le Guide ultime de Google AdWords

par Perry Marshall • 2016

A million visitors while you sleep: the Google ad formula that prizes relevance over budget.

4.07

500+

🔍 Search Engine Marketing 📬 Direct Response Marketing ⚙️ Campaign Optimization 🧪 Split Testing 🧠 Customer Psychology

Le Guide ultime de Google AdWords

A million visitors while you sleep: the Google ad formula that prizes relevance over budget.

par Perry Marshall 2016 314 pages

4.07

500+ évaluations

🔍 Search Engine Marketing 📬 Direct Response Marketing ⚙️ Campaign Optimization 🧪 Split Testing 🧠 Customer Psychology

Humans Are Underrated

par Geoff Colvin • 2015

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

3.79

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💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Humans Are Underrated

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

par Geoff Colvin 2015 262 pages

3.79

500+ évaluations

💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Troublemakers

par Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

4.09

500+

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

par Leslie Berlin 2017 512 pages

4.09

500+ évaluations

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Bitcoin

par Dominic Frisby • 2014

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

3.86

500+

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

par Dominic Frisby 2014 192 pages

3.86

500+ évaluations

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Une brève histoire de l'intelligence artificielle

par Michael Wooldridge • 2021

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

3.87

500+

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

Une brève histoire de l'intelligence artificielle

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

par Michael Wooldridge 2021 272 pages

3.87

500+ évaluations

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

The Fourth Transformation

par Robert Scoble • 2016

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

3.75

492

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

The Fourth Transformation

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

par Robert Scoble 2016 163 pages

3.75

492 évaluations

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

Production-Ready Microservices

par Susan J. Fowler • 2016

Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.

3.82

460

🧱 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems ✅ Production Readiness 🔧 Reliability Engineering

Production-Ready Microservices

Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.

par Susan J. Fowler 2016 172 pages

3.82

460 évaluations

🧱 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems ✅ Production Readiness 🔧 Reliability Engineering

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic

par Michael Jay Geier • 2010

Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.

3.93

367

🔌 Electronics Repair 🔍 Troubleshooting Methods 📐 Schematic Reading 🛠️ Soldering Techniques 📚 Repair Manuals

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic

Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.

par Michael Jay Geier 2010 414 pages

3.93

367 évaluations

🔌 Electronics Repair 🔍 Troubleshooting Methods 📐 Schematic Reading 🛠️ Soldering Techniques 📚 Repair Manuals

Python Programming for Beginners

par Jason Cannon • 2014

The no-fluff guide to Python: learn variables, functions, and data structures, then write real code.

3.93

283

🐍 Python Programming 📖 Language Fundamentals 📜 Scripting Basics 🧑‍💻 New Programmers 🚀 Getting Started Guides

Python Programming for Beginners

The no-fluff guide to Python: learn variables, functions, and data structures, then write real code.

par Jason Cannon 2014 162 pages

3.93

283 évaluations

🐍 Python Programming 📖 Language Fundamentals 📜 Scripting Basics 🧑‍💻 New Programmers 🚀 Getting Started Guides

Product Design for the Web

par Randy J. Hunt • 2013

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

3.76

278

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

Product Design for the Web

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

par Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages

3.76

278 évaluations

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

The Business Case for AI

par Kavita Ganesan • 2022

The AI project graveyard is full. How to frame, build, and measure ones that pay off.

3.92

262

🤖 Ai For Business 🧠 Ai Strategy ⚙️ Ai Readiness 📚 Ai Literacy 💡 Pragmatic Ai

The Business Case for AI

The AI project graveyard is full. How to frame, build, and measure ones that pay off.

par Kavita Ganesan 2022 316 pages

3.92

262 évaluations

🤖 Ai For Business 🧠 Ai Strategy ⚙️ Ai Readiness 📚 Ai Literacy 💡 Pragmatic Ai

AI Needs You

par Verity Harding • 2024

AI won't be fixed by engineers alone: history shows democratic boundaries spark best breakthroughs.

3.55

259

⚖️ Ai Governance 🤖 Ai Ethics 📡 Technology Policy 🏛️ Public Interest Tech 💡 Innovation Policy

AI Needs You

AI won't be fixed by engineers alone: history shows democratic boundaries spark best breakthroughs.

par Verity Harding 2024 288 pages

3.55

259 évaluations

⚖️ Ai Governance 🤖 Ai Ethics 📡 Technology Policy 🏛️ Public Interest Tech 💡 Innovation Policy

ChatGPT pour les Nuls

par Pamela Baker • 2023

ChatGPT's output depends entirely on your input. A complete guide to asking better.

3.34

229

🤖 Generative AI ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🧠 Large Language Models ⚖️ AI Ethics 🎓 AI In Education

ChatGPT pour les Nuls

ChatGPT's output depends entirely on your input. A complete guide to asking better.

par Pamela Baker 2023 176 pages

3.34

229 évaluations

🤖 Generative AI ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🧠 Large Language Models ⚖️ AI Ethics 🎓 AI In Education

Zero Trust Networks

par Evan Gilman • 2017

Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.

4.03

217

🛡️ Network Security 🏗️ Security Architecture 🆔 Identity Management 🚪 Access Control 💻 Endpoint Security

Zero Trust Networks

Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.

par Evan Gilman 2017 238 pages

4.03

217 évaluations

🛡️ Network Security 🏗️ Security Architecture 🆔 Identity Management 🚪 Access Control 💻 Endpoint Security

Kubernetes Patterns

par Bilgin Ibryam • 2019

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

4.31

216

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Kubernetes Patterns

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

par Bilgin Ibryam 2019 266 pages

4.31

216 évaluations

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Intelligence artificielle et machine learning pour les entreprises

par Steven Finlay • 2018

ML projects fail for business reasons, not technical ones. The rules for getting it right.

4.14

207

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Predictive Analytics 👔 AI For Managers 📈 Data-Driven Strategy ⚖️ Ethical AI

Intelligence artificielle et machine learning pour les entreprises

ML projects fail for business reasons, not technical ones. The rules for getting it right.

par Steven Finlay 2018 192 pages

4.14

207 évaluations

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Predictive Analytics 👔 AI For Managers 📈 Data-Driven Strategy ⚖️ Ethical AI

Building Secure and Reliable Systems

par Heather Adkins • 2020

Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.

3.89

199

🛡️ Software Security 🔧 Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 🔒 Secure Coding 🧪 Testing Strategies

Building Secure and Reliable Systems

Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.

par Heather Adkins 2020 541 pages

3.89

199 évaluations

🛡️ Software Security 🔧 Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 🔒 Secure Coding 🧪 Testing Strategies

Laravel

par Matt Stauffer • 2016

Build instead of boilerplate: the PHP framework that ships with ORM, authentication, and a CLI tool.

4.43

188

🐘 Php Frameworks 🌐 Web Development 🔧 Laravel 🗃️ Object-Relational Mapping 🔗 Api Development

Laravel

Build instead of boilerplate: the PHP framework that ships with ORM, authentication, and a CLI tool.

par Matt Stauffer 2016 454 pages

4.43

188 évaluations

🐘 Php Frameworks 🌐 Web Development 🔧 Laravel 🗃️ Object-Relational Mapping 🔗 Api Development

Black Mirror and Philosophy

par David Kyle Johnson • 2019

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

4.09

161

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Black Mirror and Philosophy

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

par David Kyle Johnson 2019 384 pages

4.09

161 évaluations

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Google Archipelago

par Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

par Michael Rectenwald 2019 161 pages

3.84

120 évaluations

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

SEO Like I'm 5

par Matthew Capala • 2014

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

3.59

103

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

SEO Like I'm 5

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

par Matthew Capala 2014 194 pages

3.59

103 évaluations

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

Becoming an Ethical Hacker

par Gary Rivlin • 2019

Get paid to think like an attacker: skills, tools, and career strategy for ethical hacking.

4.00

🧭 Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 🌐 Network Security 💼 Cybersecurity Careers

Becoming an Ethical Hacker

Get paid to think like an attacker: skills, tools, and career strategy for ethical hacking.

par Gary Rivlin 2019 192 pages

4.00

73 évaluations

🧭 Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 🌐 Network Security 💼 Cybersecurity Careers

Agile Project Management for Beginners

par Bryan Mathis • 2013

From wishlist to working software: the sprint-by-sprint guide for first-time Agile leads.

3.35

🔄 Agile Project Management 🏃 Scrum Methodology 📋 Kanban Systems 📈 Continuous Improvement 👥 Team Workflows

Agile Project Management for Beginners

From wishlist to working software: the sprint-by-sprint guide for first-time Agile leads.

par Bryan Mathis 2013 126 pages

3.35

71 évaluations

🔄 Agile Project Management 🏃 Scrum Methodology 📋 Kanban Systems 📈 Continuous Improvement 👥 Team Workflows

Play to Learn

par Sharon Boller • 2017

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

3.95

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Play to Learn

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

par Sharon Boller 2017 168 pages

3.95

42 évaluations

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

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