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The Effective Engineer Summary
Immersive
The Effective Engineer
How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact
by Edmond Lau 2015 260 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Engineering
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages
4.35
23k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Phoenix Project Summary
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim 2013 450 pages
4.26
50k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Refactoring UI Summary
Refactoring UI
by Adam Wathan 2018 252 pages
4.65
2k+ ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
A Philosophy of Software Design Summary
A Philosophy of Software Design
by John Ousterhout 2018 184 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Summary
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
by Martin Kleppmann 2015 614 pages
4.70
10k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Clean Architecture Summary
Clean Architecture
by Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Accelerate Summary
Accelerate
Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
by Nicole Forsgren 2018 288 pages
4.05
8k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
The Manager's Path Summary
The Manager's Path
A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
by Camille Fournier 2017 226 pages
4.25
10k+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
System Design Interview – An insider's guide Summary
System Design Interview – An insider's guide
by Alex Xu 2020 324 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Code Summary
Code
The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold 1999 396 pages
4.40
10k+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Staff Engineer Summary
Staff Engineer
Leadership Beyond the Management Track
by Will Larson 2021 337 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Leadership
Technology
Management
Artificial Intelligence Basics Summary
Artificial Intelligence Basics
A Non-Technical Introduction
by Tom Taulli 2019 187 pages
3.50
210 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Computer Science
The Mythical Man-Month Summary
The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Software Engineering Summary
Software Engineering
by Ian Sommerville 1982 816 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technical
The SaaS Playbook Summary
The SaaS Playbook
Build a Multimillion-Dollar Startup Without Venture Capital
by Rob Walling 2023 202 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages
4.35
23k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2014 473 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Software
Architecture Patterns with Python Summary
Architecture Patterns with Python
Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices
by Harry Percival 2020 280 pages
4.40
497 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Team Topologies Summary
Team Topologies
Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
by Matthew Skelton 2019 240 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Principles of Product Development Flow Summary
The Principles of Product Development Flow
Second Generation Lean Product Development
by Donald G. Reinertsen 2009 294 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Effective Java Summary
Effective Java
by Joshua Bloch 2001 412 pages
4.51
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The DevOps Handbook Summary
The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
by Gene Kim 2015 442 pages
4.29
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Programming
The Pragmatic Programmer Summary
The Pragmatic Programmer
Your Journey to Mastery
by Andy Hunt 1999 352 pages
4.33
24k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Docker Deep Dive Summary
Docker Deep Dive
Zero to Docker in a single book
by Nigel Poulton 2017 418 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Staff Engineer's Path Summary
The Staff Engineer's Path
A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
by Tanya Reilly 2022 335 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Technology
Software
Leadership
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
by Betsy Beyer 2016 550 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Wiring the Winning Organization Summary
Wiring the Winning Organization
Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification
by Gene Kim 2023 384 pages
4.17
336 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Linux Programming Interface Summary
The Linux Programming Interface
A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
by Michael Kerrisk 2010 1552 pages
4.63
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Product Design for the Web Summary
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing & Releasing Web Products
by Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages
3.76
278 ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
Implementing Domain-Driven Design Summary
Implementing Domain-Driven Design
by Vaughn Vernon 2013 656 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Refactoring Summary
Refactoring
Improving the Design of Existing Code
by Martin Fowler 1999 431 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection Summary
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection
by Robert C. Martin 2011 699 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Programming
Coding
Computer Science
The Site Reliability Workbook Summary
The Site Reliability Workbook
Practical Ways to Implement SRE
by Betsy Beyer 2018 512 pages
4.36
405 ratings
Technology
Programming
Software
Designing Machine Learning Systems Summary
Designing Machine Learning Systems
An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
by Chip Huyen 2022 368 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Computer Science
DAMA-DMBOK Summary
DAMA-DMBOK
Data Management Body of Knowledge
by DAMA International 2017 588 pages
4.15
172 ratings
Business
Computer Science
Technology
Java Concurrency in Practice Summary
Java Concurrency in Practice
by Brian Goetz 2005 432 pages
4.48
2k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
101 UX Principles Summary
101 UX Principles
A definitive design guide
by Will Grant 2018 414 pages
4.10
158 ratings
Design
Website Design
Software
The Phoenix Project Summary
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim 2013 345 pages
4.26
50k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Code Complete Summary
Code Complete
A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
by Steve McConnell 1993 914 pages
4.30
9k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Working Effectively with Legacy Code Summary
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
by Michael C. Feathers 2004 464 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Building Secure and Reliable Systems Summary
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
by Heather Adkins 2020 541 pages
3.89
199 ratings
Technology
Technical
Programming
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People Summary
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
by Aditya Y. Bhargava 2015 256 pages
4.41
5k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Clean Code in Python Summary
Clean Code in Python
Refactor your legacy code base
by Mariano Anaya 2018 332 pages
4.09
130 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Bug Bounty Bootcamp Summary
Bug Bounty Bootcamp
by Vickie Li 2021 416 pages
4.49
130 ratings
Hackers
Technology
Programming
Fluent Python Summary
Fluent Python
Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming
by Luciano Ramalho 2015 850 pages
4.62
1k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Kubernetes Patterns Summary
Kubernetes Patterns
Reusable Elements for Designing Cloud-Native Applications
by Bilgin Ibryam 2019 266 pages
4.31
216 ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Peopleware Summary
Peopleware
Productive Projects and Teams
by Tom DeMarco 1987 272 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
Management
Business
Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy in Java Summary
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy in Java
Data Structure and Algorithmic Puzzles
by Narasimha Karumanchi 2011 391 pages
4.17
471 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Algorithms
Project to Product Summary
Project to Product
How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework
by Mik Kersten 2018 336 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
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