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Lean Software Development Summary
Lean Software Development
An Agile Toolkit
by Mary Poppendieck 2003 240 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Software
Management
Programming
Debugging Summary
Debugging
The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems
by David J. Agans 2002 192 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Working in Public Summary
Working in Public
The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
by Nadia Eghbal 2020 252 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Coders at Work Summary
Coders at Work
Reflections on the Craft of Programming
by Peter Seibel 2009 634 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Kubernetes in Action Summary
Kubernetes in Action
Deploying and managing containers and cloud-native applications
by Marko Luksa 2017 624 pages
4.59
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Technical
Refactoring to Patterns Summary
Refactoring to Patterns
by Joshua Kerievsky 2004 367 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Build a Large Language Model Summary
Build a Large Language Model
by Sebastian Raschka 2025 400 pages
4.60
327 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Technology
Software Engineering at Google Summary
Software Engineering at Google
Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
by Titus Winters 2020 602 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
JavaScript Summary
JavaScript
The Good Parts
by Douglas Crockford 2008 153 pages
4.23
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Java Performance Summary
Java Performance
The Definitive Guide: Getting the Most Out of Your Code
by Scott Oaks 2014 423 pages
4.39
319 ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Java 8 in Action Summary
Java 8 in Action
by Raoul-Gabriel Urma 2014 394 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Building Evolutionary Architectures Summary
Building Evolutionary Architectures
Support Constant Change
by Neal Ford 2022 190 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Technology
Architecture
Programming
Computer Systems Summary
Computer Systems
A Programmer's Perspective
by Randal E. Bryant 2002 978 pages
4.46
1k+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Head First SQL Summary
Head First SQL
by Lynn Beighley 2007 607 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Reference
The Art of Project Management Summary
The Art of Project Management
by Scott Berkun 2005 448 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Reference
Dependency Injection in .NET Summary
Dependency Injection in .NET
by Mark Seemann 2011 584 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
REST API Design Rulebook Summary
REST API Design Rulebook
by Mark Masse 2011 112 pages
3.34
294 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Debugging Teams Summary
Debugging Teams
Better Productivity through Collaboration
by Brian W. Fitzpatrick 2015 187 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Functional JavaScript Summary
Functional JavaScript
Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js
by Michael Fogus 2013 258 pages
4.07
429 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Network Security Essentials Summary
Network Security Essentials
Applications and Standards
by William Stallings 1999 411 pages
3.74
197 ratings
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
The Programmer's Brain Summary
The Programmer's Brain
by Felienne Hermans 2021 256 pages
3.85
416 ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
High Performance JavaScript Summary
High Performance JavaScript
Build Faster Web Application Interfaces
by Nicholas C. Zakas 2010 232 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
User Stories Applied Summary
User Stories Applied
For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series
by Mike Cohn 2004 296 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Programming
Business
Software
The Algorithm Design Manual Summary
The Algorithm Design Manual
by Steven S. Skiena 1997 486 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Algorithms
Apprenticeship Patterns Summary
Apprenticeship Patterns
Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover 2009 165 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
Agile Retrospectives Summary
Agile Retrospectives
Making Good Teams Great
by Esther Derby 2006 178 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Management
Business
Leadership
Functional Programming in Java Summary
Functional Programming in Java
Harnessing the Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions
by Venkat Subramaniam 2013 196 pages
4.17
226 ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Web Scalability for Startup Engineers Summary
Web Scalability for Startup Engineers
by Artur Ejsmont 2015 416 pages
4.50
343 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Hypermedia Systems Summary
Hypermedia Systems
by Carson Gross 2023 548 pages
4.37
225 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Object-Oriented Software Construction Summary
Object-Oriented Software Construction
by Bertrand Meyer 1988 1296 pages
4.04
271 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
Agile Project Management with Kanban Summary
Agile Project Management with Kanban
by Eric Brechner 2015 160 pages
3.98
361 ratings
Management
Business
Technology
Beautiful Architecture Summary
Beautiful Architecture
Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design
by Diomidis Spinellis 2008 426 pages
3.42
171 ratings
Programming
Architecture
Technology
Lean Inception Summary
Lean Inception
How to Align People and Build the Right Product
by Paulo Caroli 2018 187 pages
4.07
446 ratings
Business
Software
Technology
High Performance Web Sites Summary
High Performance Web Sites
by Steve Souders 2007 168 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Introducing Microsoft Power BI Summary
Introducing Microsoft Power BI
by Alberto Ferrari 2016 306 pages
3.97
202 ratings
Business
Technology
Programming
Learning Go Summary
Learning Go
An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming
by Jon Bodner 2021 375 pages
4.42
493 ratings
Programming
Go
Technology
Cloud Architecture Patterns Summary
Cloud Architecture Patterns
Using Microsoft Azure
by Bill Wilder 2012 182 pages
3.59
236 ratings
Technology
Software
Programming
Ask Your Developer Summary
Ask Your Developer
How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century – A Management Playbook for Tech Industry Leadership and Digital Transformation
by Jeff Lawson 2021 299 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Leadership
Software Architecture Patterns Summary
Software Architecture Patterns
by Mark Richards 2015 47 pages
3.65
498 ratings
Programming
Architecture
Software
Software Architect’s Handbook Summary
Software Architect’s Handbook
Become a successful software architect by implementing effective architecture concepts
by Joseph Ingeno 2018 596 pages
4.08
61 ratings
Architecture
Software
Programming
Writing High-Performance .NET Code Summary
Writing High-Performance .NET Code
by Ben Watson 2014 280 pages
4.30
291 ratings
Programming
Technical
Software
Agile Project Management with Scrum Summary
Agile Project Management with Scrum
by Ken Schwaber 2004 188 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Domain-Driven Design Quickly Summary
Domain-Driven Design Quickly
by Floyd Marinescu 2006 104 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Agile Product Management with Scrum Summary
Agile Product Management with Scrum
Creating Products That Customers Love
by Roman Pichler 2008 160 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
More Joel on Software Summary
More Joel on Software
Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and ... or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity
by Joel Spolsky 2008 320 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Computer Science
Writing Secure Code Summary
Writing Secure Code
by Michael Howard 2001 768 pages
4.01
372 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technical
Programming Elixir Summary
Programming Elixir
Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun
by Dave Thomas 2013 287 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers Summary
14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers
by Zeno Rocha 2020 158 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Productivity
Programming C# Summary
Programming C#
by Jesse Liberty 2001 688 pages
3.68
195 ratings
Programming
Reference
Technology
The Go Programming Language Summary
The Go Programming Language
by Alan A.A. Donovan 2015 380 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
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