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Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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Re: Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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It might help if you could provide a bit more context. Is there an example project you're working on? Is there a particular sector / type of business you're interested in learning more about? Are you interested in the "process" of business (finance/strategy/etc.)?

Re: Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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- how to start a startup podcast(Altman and co)

- The lean startup

- the twenty two immutable laws of marketing.

- getting to yes

After a couple of books though I would say it really comes down to just digging in and fighting it out. It is really easy to lose yourself in the world of business self help literature.

Re: Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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It might help if you could provide a bit more context. Is there an example project you're working on? Is there a particular sector / type of business you're interested in learning more about? Are you interested in the "process" of business (finance/strategy/etc.)?

Mostly engineering and product management

Re: Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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Technical concepts for writing code:

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Clean Code (Robert Cecil Martin)

The Art of Unit Testing (Roy Osherove)

Head First Design Patterns (Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra)

Martin Fowler's blog: https://martinfowler.com/

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How to gather requirements and write business-readable code:

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Domain-driven design (Eric J. Evans)

Implementing Domain-Driven Design (Vaughn Vernon)

Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design (Scott Millett)

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Remaining agile and managing your work according to your clients' needs:

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The art of doing twice the work in half the time (Jeff Sutherland)

The Mythical Man Month (Fred Brooks)

Re: Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?

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Technical concepts for writing code: -------------------------------------- Clean Code (Robert Cecil Martin) The Art of Unit Testing (Roy Osherove) Head First Design Patterns (Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra) Martin Fowler's blog: https://martinfowler.com/ . How to gather requirements and write business-readable code: -------------------------------------- Domain-driven design (Eric J. Evans) Implementing Domain-Driv…

Implementing Domain-Driven Design by Vernon is fantastic. Extremely practical application of the Evans book, which gets pretty abstract in places. It's great for people who actually want to see where the rubber meets the road.
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