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On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
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Tons! Here are a few casual reads I enjoyed: * Masters of Doom * Where Wizards Stay Up Late * Working in Public
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Heavy reader here. Some ideas that work for me: * Focus on active data consumption, eliminate passive consumption. For instance, when I read books I use a highlighter and I'm excited to find a section worth highlighting. I've gami
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Start of the day. As I'm opening my project, I'm also taking my first sip of coffee.
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Specifically to your question of defining the best features, goals, and products, I recommend these books: * 20 YC Lessons * Outcomes Over Output (a lightweight version of The Lean Startup) * Strategy Rules * How Google Works Here's th
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On the frontend, buy a HTML theme on ThemeForest or similar. Your goal is very quick prototyping and visual design decisions will slow you down. These themes aren't the best code, but they look good and come with tons of layouts and co
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I was underwhelmed by A Philosophy of Software Design. The first 100 pages are solid, but the last 70 didn't resonate with me at all. In those last 70 pages, the author advocates strongly for lengthy comments which felt excessive and o
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by bwh2 5y ago
Here's a book more people should know about: Masters of Doom. Awesome read.
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Learn new skills early in the morning before work. For instance, right now I spend 1h before work each morning dedicated to learning Flutter.
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I read one book per week, all non-fiction. For me the keys to successful reading are: * Read 2-3 books concurrently, spanning multiple topics. This helps me match book to mood. * Use a highlighter for active reading. This makes it more like
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I recently finished The Problem with Software by Adam Barr, which is about exactly this issue. Here are my notes: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/the-problem-with-software/ The author makes the argument for empiri
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I share software engineering book reviews on my website and email newsletter. Not really a side hustle, but something fun that I enjoy.
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Accelerate and The DevOps Handbook.
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Yep, read these books and apply the ideas directly to your work as you go: Code Complete (which IMO is more detailed and explanatory than Clean Code) then Clean Architecture.
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Drift Into Failure. Great book telling stories like airplane crashes and the Challenger disaster. I posted some notes on my website: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/drift-into-failure/
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* The Secret Life of Groceries - stopped me from eating shrimp * Why We Sleep - changed my sleeping habits * How to Win Friends and Influence People - stopped me from being pedantic and argumentative
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Good idea to call out some of the more unique books.
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Good call on subscribe looking like search. I didn't see it until you pointed it out.
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Thanks, that's good feedback I can act on.
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Ask HN: How can I improve my engineering book notes website?
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SQL Antipatterns. I would love for someone to write an extension to this book – Refactoring SQL Antipatterns at Scale. I posted my notes for this book on my website: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/sql-antipatterns&#x2F
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Cool idea and I submitted my site. You've got a minor bug - on a tag page, the submit link goes to /tags/submit.
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It sounds like you would both benefit from reading The E-Myth Revisited. I posted some notes online about this book: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/the-e-myth-revisited/ But I wouldn't recommend just sending
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Just do something each day. Streaks are powerful motivators. Read one page. Do a single push up. Message one friend to see how they're doing.
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Think about how many engineers go to LinkedIn, Dice, etc. and search by language: python, java, etc. Sometimes recruiters and hiring managers are just doing marketing and SEO.
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle
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I have a collection of books for CTOs on my website that you might enjoy: https://www.briansnotes.io/audience/cto/ The Manager's Path is another I highly recommend. That book provides the most detail I'v
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Show HN: Brian’s Notes(briansnotes.io)
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Read the book On Writing Well by William Zinsser.
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Release It! by Michael Nygard is a good book on resilience engineering for distributed systems.

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