A bit different from the audiobook request 2 years ago, as I’m not looking for audiobooks (so it does not have to be nice to listen to, I can see code examples) but regular books you read. Let me know which books helped you out the most, or that you just found fun to read!

EDIT: Thank you to everyone for helping me inflate my reading list! I was wondering what question I should ask to get answers including books on databases, cybersecurity, basically any topic that might fall under “computer science” and not just programming. In hindsight I maybe should have posted somewhere other than Programming and said something other than “Programming book recommendations” if I wanted that, but since I am also interested in programming and software engineering all these books will definitely be eaten soon. Thank you!

Oh, and !books@programming.dev for programming books exists but is sadly not getting much attention.

  • HelloRootEnglish
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    4 days ago
    1. Software Architects Handbook - Joseph Ingeno
    2. Game Programming Patterns - Robert Nystrom
    3. Tidy First - Kent Beck

    First one I found the most useful.

    Second one gave me a new perspective, even though I am not programming games, I could apply this new perspective to my regular code.

    Third one is the nicest book on that topic. I hated “the classics” but I enjoyed this one a lot.

    Bonus round:

    1. Etudes for Programmers - Charles Wetherell

    It’s how I learned to code.

    • andioop@programming.devOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Seeing “Etude” out of a musical context feels so wild to me. That book grabbed my attention just because of that.