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Ask HN: Technical books to get during BlackFriday/CyberMonday
Most of the publishers are having discounts this week. What are some of the best technical books you have read recently?
- Aldo_MX 12y agoTo start the list, I would recommend OpenGL ES 2 for Android: A Quick-Start Guide https://pragprog.com/book/kbogla/opengl-es-2-for-android https://pragprog.com/book/kbogla/opengl-es-2-for-android
- ludwigvan 12y agoHere are a few suggestions by me, tried to pick items that will hopefully stand the test of time, one per major publisher: - Nathan Marz' (of Backtype/Twitter/Storm fame) Big Data (Manning): Don't let the name Big Data make you feel this is only for people with big data needs, in fact Nathan Marz tries to rethink how we store data. Immutable, append-only master data sets and views derived from them. http://manning.com/marz/ http://manning.com/marz/ - Martin Kleppmann's Designing Data-Intensive Applications (O'Reilly): http://dataintensive.net/ http://dataintensive.net/ in beta. "This book will help you navigate the diverse and fast-changing landscape of technologies for storing and processing data. We compare a broad variety of tools and approaches." Martin has been researching for the past year for the book and aim to have a timeless book on the subject. - Colin Jones' Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code (Pragmatic Bookshelf): This short, but dense book makes macros understandable. Recommended if you want to learn what makes Lisp so powerful. https://pragprog.com/book/cjclojure/mastering-clojure-macros https://pragprog.com/book/cjclojure/mastering-clojure-macros