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Leading the Transformation

by Gary Gruver • 2015

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

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🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

Leading the Transformation

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

by Gary Gruver 2015 113 pages

3.80

418 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

Google Analytics

by Justin Cutroni • 2007

Turn Google Analytics from a hit counter into a decision engine with the right setup.

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📊 Web Analytics 📈 Marketing Analytics 🎯 Conversion Optimization

Google Analytics

Turn Google Analytics from a hit counter into a decision engine with the right setup.

by Justin Cutroni 2007 216 pages

3.72

129 ratings

📊 Web Analytics 📈 Marketing Analytics 🎯 Conversion Optimization

Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy

by Narasimha Karumanchi • 2011

Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.

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⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🗃️ Data Structures ✍️ Algorithm Design

Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy

Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.

by Narasimha Karumanchi 2011

4.10

1k+ ratings

⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🗃️ Data Structures ✍️ Algorithm Design

Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, The

by Kurt Bittner • 2017

How 3 to 9 Scrum teams ship one integrated product every Sprint, no heavy framework required.

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🏗️ Scaled Agile 📋 Scrum Framework 📈 Scrum Scaling

Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, The

How 3 to 9 Scrum teams ship one integrated product every Sprint, no heavy framework required.

by Kurt Bittner 2017 176 pages

4.13

122 ratings

🏗️ Scaled Agile 📋 Scrum Framework 📈 Scrum Scaling

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

by Joe Reis • 2022

Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data. The systems blueprint that frees them.

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🛠️ Data Engineering 🏗️ Data Architecture 🔗 Data Pipelines

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data. The systems blueprint that frees them.

by Joe Reis 2022 426 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

🛠️ Data Engineering 🏗️ Data Architecture 🔗 Data Pipelines

Platform Engineering

by Camille Fournier • 2024

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

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🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking

Platform Engineering

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

by Camille Fournier 2024 322 pages

4.03

119 ratings

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking

Ansible

by Lorin Hochstein • 2014

No agents required. Automate configuration and deployment with playbooks you can actually read.

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🔧 Configuration Management 📋 Infrastructure As Code 🛠️ Devops Tooling

Ansible

No agents required. Automate configuration and deployment with playbooks you can actually read.

by Lorin Hochstein 2014 334 pages

3.88

270 ratings

🔧 Configuration Management 📋 Infrastructure As Code 🛠️ Devops Tooling

The Quick Python Book

by Naomi R. Ceder • 2000

Indentation is syntax, functions are data, and the standard library does half the work already.

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🐍 Python Language 📚 Language Reference 📜 Scripting Languages

The Quick Python Book

Indentation is syntax, functions are data, and the standard library does half the work already.

by Naomi R. Ceder 2000 367 pages

3.87

277 ratings

🐍 Python Language 📚 Language Reference 📜 Scripting Languages

Real-World Functional Programming

by Tomas Petricek • 2009

Adopt functional programming on .NET, alongside C#: patterns for cleaner, lock-free concurrency.

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🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 🖥️ .Net Development 📜 Declarative Programming

Real-World Functional Programming

Adopt functional programming on .NET, alongside C#: patterns for cleaner, lock-free concurrency.

by Tomas Petricek 2009 560 pages

3.92

180 ratings

🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 🖥️ .Net Development 📜 Declarative Programming

The Professional Agile Leader

by Ron Eringa • 2022

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

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🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams

The Professional Agile Leader

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

by Ron Eringa 2022 208 pages

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44 ratings

🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

by Mark Richards • 2020

Every architecture choice is a wager on a shifting context. A framework for placing better bets.

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🧩 Trade-Off Analysis 🏛️ Architectural Styles 🧱 Modularity

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

Every architecture choice is a wager on a shifting context. A framework for placing better bets.

by Mark Richards 2020 422 pages

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧩 Trade-Off Analysis 🏛️ Architectural Styles 🧱 Modularity

Learning Domain-Driven Design

by Vladik Khononov • 2021

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

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🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software

Learning Domain-Driven Design

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

by Vladik Khononov 2021 340 pages

4.43

500+ ratings

🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software

Hadoop

by Tom White • 2009

How to turn cheap servers into a petabyte-scale data platform, from HDFS to real-time streaming.

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📊 Big Data 🖧 Distributed Systems 🐘 Hadoop Ecosystem

Hadoop

How to turn cheap servers into a petabyte-scale data platform, from HDFS to real-time streaming.

by Tom White 2009 528 pages

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1k+ ratings

📊 Big Data 🖧 Distributed Systems 🐘 Hadoop Ecosystem

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth • 1973

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

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🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

by Donald Ervin Knuth 1973 672 pages

4.38

1k+ ratings

🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis

Trading

by Rolf Schlotmann • 2019

Forget memorizing chart patterns. Read the buyer-seller battle instead, and master any market.

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📈 Technical Trading 📊 Price Action Trading 🕯️ Candlestick Patterns

Trading

Forget memorizing chart patterns. Read the buyer-seller battle instead, and master any market.

by Rolf Schlotmann 2019 183 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

📈 Technical Trading 📊 Price Action Trading 🕯️ Candlestick Patterns

Think Stats

by Allen B. Downey • 2011

Statistics taught through code: why simulation and real data beat memorization every time.

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💻 Computational Statistics 🔍 Exploratory Data Analysis 🐍 Python Data Analysis

Think Stats

Statistics taught through code: why simulation and real data beat memorization every time.

by Allen B. Downey 2011 138 pages

3.64

469 ratings

💻 Computational Statistics 🔍 Exploratory Data Analysis 🐍 Python Data Analysis

Dive Into Design Patterns

by Alexander Shvets • 2018

The 22 blueprints that turn tangled object-oriented code into systems you can actually change.

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🧱 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔁 Design Patterns

Dive Into Design Patterns

The 22 blueprints that turn tangled object-oriented code into systems you can actually change.

by Alexander Shvets 2018 406 pages

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500+ ratings

🧱 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔁 Design Patterns

AI and Machine Learning for Coders

by Laurence Moroney • 2021

Turn your code into AI that runs everywhere: train, optimize, deploy with a single toolkit.

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🤖 Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🔵 Tensorflow

AI and Machine Learning for Coders

Turn your code into AI that runs everywhere: train, optimize, deploy with a single toolkit.

by Laurence Moroney 2021 390 pages

4.09

108 ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🔵 Tensorflow

Basketball on Paper

by Dean Oliver • 2003

Basketball's scoreboard is a liar. Here is what actually decides who wins and who loses.

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🏀 Basketball Analytics 📊 Sports Analytics 📈 Performance Metrics

Basketball on Paper

Basketball's scoreboard is a liar. Here is what actually decides who wins and who loses.

by Dean Oliver 2003 392 pages

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467 ratings

🏀 Basketball Analytics 📊 Sports Analytics 📈 Performance Metrics

An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field

by Jacques Hadamard • 1945

Mathematical discovery relies on the unconscious, not logic; beauty picks the winning ideas.

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🔢 Mathematical Creativity 🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing

An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field

Mathematical discovery relies on the unconscious, not logic; beauty picks the winning ideas.

by Jacques Hadamard 1945 162 pages

3.97

221 ratings

🔢 Mathematical Creativity 🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing

Monolith to Microservices

by Sam Newman • 2019

Breaking a monolith into microservices: the incremental patterns that avoid a big-bang disaster.

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🧩 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Legacy Modernization

Monolith to Microservices

Breaking a monolith into microservices: the incremental patterns that avoid a big-bang disaster.

by Sam Newman 2019 255 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧩 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Legacy Modernization

Release It!

by Michael T. Nygard • 2007

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Release It!

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

by Michael T. Nygard 2007 350 pages

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3k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Forecasting

by Rob J. Hyndman • 2013

Build forecasts that work: test on unseen data, beat simple benchmarks, reconcile every level.

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🧮 Time Series Analysis 📈 Business Forecasting 📊 Statistical Modeling

Forecasting

Build forecasts that work: test on unseen data, beat simple benchmarks, reconcile every level.

by Rob J. Hyndman 2013 292 pages

4.39

318 ratings

🧮 Time Series Analysis 📈 Business Forecasting 📊 Statistical Modeling

Linux Kernel Development

by Robert Love • 2003

Linux has no threads, only tasks, and a red-black tree keeps the CPU fair.

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🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Kernel Internals 💻 Systems Programming

Linux Kernel Development

Linux has no threads, only tasks, and a red-black tree keeps the CPU fair.

by Robert Love 2003 480 pages

4.34

500+ ratings

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Kernel Internals 💻 Systems Programming

Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum • 1992

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

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🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design

Modern Operating Systems

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum 1992 960 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design

AI Engineering

by Chip Huyen • 2025

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

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🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems

AI Engineering

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

by Chip Huyen 2025 532 pages

4.37

1k+ ratings

🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems

Practical Malware Analysis

by Michael Sikorski • 2011

IT security to malware analyst: a hands-on lab manual bridging the gap with real tools and code.

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🦠 Malware Analysis ⚙️ Reverse Engineering 🪟 Windows Internals

Practical Malware Analysis

IT security to malware analyst: a hands-on lab manual bridging the gap with real tools and code.

by Michael Sikorski 2011 800 pages

4.47

500+ ratings

🦠 Malware Analysis ⚙️ Reverse Engineering 🪟 Windows Internals

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