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Design Patterns
Design Patterns

Gang of four

Peopleware
Peopleware

Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister

eXtreme Programming Explained
eXtreme Programming Explained

Kent Beck

Domain Driven Design
Domain Driven Design

Eric Evans

Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

Accelerate
Accelerate

Gene Kim, Forsgren, Jez Humble

The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month

Essays

A Philosophy of Software Design
A Philosophy of Software Design

John Ousterhout

Clean Code
Clean Code

Robert C. Martin

Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery

Jez Humble, David Farley

Pragmatic Programmer
Pragmatic Programmer

Andrew Hunt

97 things every Engineering Manager should know
97 things every Engineering Manager should know

Camille Fournier

Learning SQL - Master SQL Fundamentals
Learning SQL - Master SQL Fundamentals

Alan Beaulieu

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville

Agile Testing - A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
Agile Testing - A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory

Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

David J. Anderson

Grokking Algorithms - An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people
Grokking Algorithms - An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

Aditya Bhargava

Python For Dummies
Python For Dummies

Stef Maruch, Aahz Maruch

Python Machine Learning
Python Machine Learning

Sebastian Raschka

Designing Machine Learning Systems
Designing Machine Learning Systems

Chip Huyen

Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow - Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow - Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems

Aurélien Géron

The DevOps Handbook - How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations
The DevOps Handbook - How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations

Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren

Kubernetes: Up and Running - Dive into the Future of Infrastructure
Kubernetes: Up and Running - Dive into the Future of Infrastructure

Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns, Joe Beda

97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know - Collective Wisdom from the Experts
97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know - Collective Wisdom from the Experts

Camille Fournier

97 Things Every SRE Should Know
97 Things Every SRE Should Know

Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo

Architecting Modern Data Platforms - A Guide to Enterprise Hadoop at Scale
Architecting Modern Data Platforms - A Guide to Enterprise Hadoop at Scale

Jan Kunigk, Ian Buss, Paul Wilkinson, Lars George

Data Teams - A Unified Management Model for Successful Data-Focused Teams
Data Teams - A Unified Management Model for Successful Data-Focused Teams

Jesse Anderson

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

The Coding Dojo Handbook
The Coding Dojo Handbook

Emily Bache

The Software Craftsman - Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride
The Software Craftsman - Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride

Sandro Mancuso

Cracking the Tech Career - Insider Advice on Landing a Job at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or any Top Tech Company
Cracking the Tech Career - Insider Advice on Landing a Job at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or any Top Tech Company

Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Superintelligence - Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence - Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change - Micro Shifts, Macro Results
7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change - Micro Shifts, Macro Results

Esther Derby

Building Microservices
Building Microservices

Sam Newman

Leading Quality - How Great Leaders Deliver High Quality Software and Accelerate Growth
Leading Quality - How Great Leaders Deliver High Quality Software and Accelerate Growth

Ronald Cummings - John, Owais Peer

Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and how to Restore the Sanity
Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and how to Restore the Sanity

Alan Cooper

Monolith to Microservices - Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith
Monolith to Microservices - Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith

Sam Newman

Functional Programming in Scala
Functional Programming in Scala

Paul Chiusano, Runar Bjarnason

Lessons Learned in Software Testing - A Context-Driven Approach
Lessons Learned in Software Testing - A Context-Driven Approach

Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord

Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

Michael T. Nygard

The Art of Scalability - Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise
The Art of Scalability - Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise

Martin L. Abbott, Michael T. Fisher

Domain-driven Design - Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Domain-driven Design - Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans, Eric J. Evans

The Pragmatic Programmer - your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition
The Pragmatic Programmer - your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition

David Thomas, Andrew Hunt

The Passionate Programmer - Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development
The Passionate Programmer - Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development

Chad Fowler

About Face - The Essentials of Interaction Design
About Face - The Essentials of Interaction Design

Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin, Christopher Noessel

User Story Mapping - Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product
User Story Mapping - Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

Jeff Patton, Peter Economy

The Agile Samurai - How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software
The Agile Samurai - How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software

Jonathan Rasmusson

Software Architecture Foundation - CPSA Foundation® Exam Preparation
Software Architecture Foundation - CPSA Foundation® Exam Preparation

Gernot Starke, Alexander Lorz

Sustainable Software Architecture - Analyze and Reduce Technical Debt
Sustainable Software Architecture - Analyze and Reduce Technical Debt

Carola Lilienthal

RESTful Web APIs - Services for a Changing World
RESTful Web APIs - Services for a Changing World

Leonard Richardson, Mike Amundsen, Sam Ruby

Foundations of Software Testing - ISTQB Certification
Foundations of Software Testing - ISTQB Certification

Rex Black, Dorothy Graham, Erik van Veenendaal

Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification, 4th edition
Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification, 4th edition

Dorothy Graham, Rex Black, Erik van Veenendaal

An Elegant Puzzle - Systems of Engineering Management
An Elegant Puzzle - Systems of Engineering Management

Will Larson

Kotlin in Action
Kotlin in Action

Dmitry Jemerov, Svetlana Isakova

JavaScript: The Good Parts - The Good Parts
JavaScript: The Good Parts - The Good Parts

Douglas Crockford

Metaprogramming Ruby 2 - Program Like the Ruby Pros
Metaprogramming Ruby 2 - Program Like the Ruby Pros

Paolo Perrotta

Database Internals - A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
Database Internals - A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

Alex Petrov

Functional Programming in Java - How functional techniques improve your Java programs
Functional Programming in Java - How functional techniques improve your Java programs

Pierre-Yves Saumont

MERN Projects for Beginners - Create Five Social Web Apps Using MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node
MERN Projects for Beginners - Create Five Social Web Apps Using MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node

Nabendu Biswas

Design Patterns For Dummies
Design Patterns For Dummies

Steve Holzner

Software Architecture for Web Developers - An introductory guide for developers striving to take the first steps toward software architecture or just looking to grow as professionals
Software Architecture for Web Developers - An introductory guide for developers striving to take the first steps toward software architecture or just looking to grow as professionals

Mihaela Roxana Ghidersa

Functional JavaScript - Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js
Functional JavaScript - Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js

Michael Fogus

Practical Object-Oriented Design - An Agile Primer Using Ruby
Practical Object-Oriented Design - An Agile Primer Using Ruby

Sandi Metz

Zero to Production In Rust - An introduction to backend development in Rust
Zero to Production In Rust - An introduction to backend development in Rust

Luca Palmieri

Modern Software Engineering - Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
Modern Software Engineering - Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

David Farley

Architecting for Scale - How to Maintain High Availability and Manage Risk in the Cloud
Architecting for Scale - How to Maintain High Availability and Manage Risk in the Cloud

Lee Atchison

Designing Distributed Systems - Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services
Designing Distributed Systems - Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services

Brendan Burns

Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter, Second Edition - A Technical Skills Primer
Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter, Second Edition - A Technical Skills Primer

Obi Ogbanufe

Enterprise Integration Patterns - Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
Enterprise Integration Patterns - Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions

Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf

Domain Modeling Made Functional - Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#
Domain Modeling Made Functional - Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#

Scott Wlaschin

Architecting CSS - The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Style Sheets
Architecting CSS - The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Style Sheets

Martine Dowden, Michael Dowden

Python for Data Analysis - Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython
Python for Data Analysis - Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

Wes McKinney

The Missing README - A Guide for the New Software Engineer
The Missing README - A Guide for the New Software Engineer

Chris Riccomini, Dmitriy Ryaboy

Technology Strategy Patterns - Architecture as Strategy
Technology Strategy Patterns - Architecture as Strategy

Eben Hewitt

Hello, Startup - A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams
Hello, Startup - A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams

Yevgeniy Brikman

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - Pattern Enterpr Applica Arch
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - Pattern Enterpr Applica Arch

Martin Fowler

Code Complete, 2nd Edition
Code Complete, 2nd Edition

Steve Mcconnell

Effective Kotlin: Best Practices
Effective Kotlin: Best Practices

Marcin Moskala

Effective Kotlin - Best practices
Effective Kotlin - Best practices

Marcin Moskała

Flutter Complete Reference - Create Beautiful, Fast and Native Apps for Any Device
Flutter Complete Reference - Create Beautiful, Fast and Native Apps for Any Device

Alberto Miola

UML Distilled
UML Distilled

Martin Fowler

Code - The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Code - The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Charles Petzold

Discussing Design - Improving Communication and Collaboration through Critique
Discussing Design - Improving Communication and Collaboration through Critique

Adam Connor, Aaron Irizarry