Ask HN: Do you know any good audio books for developers?

#1

Post by macco » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 2:00 PM UTC

I am curious if you know any good audio book for developers.

The topic of programming usually don't lend itself well for audio books.

I know there are a lot of podcasts about programming out there. Most times I don't think you learn by listening to them.

This is why I am searching for good audio books about programming.

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#2

Post by snowAbstraction » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 3:11 PM UTC

I've listen to some of these https://www.manning.com/liveaudio-landing and there are some glitches like some code snippets not being read. The books were not designed for audio so sometimes it is try but you can learn something.

Some of these (maybe all?) are available on audible as well.

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#3

Post by ckdarby » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 3:18 PM UTC

Software Engineering Daily

Manager Tools

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#4

Post by jdmoreira » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 3:22 PM UTC

Yes!

1. Masters of Doom 2. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

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#5

Post by Hates_ » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 3:29 PM UTC

The Pheonix Project and The Unicorn Project are two good audiobooks centred around Devops and Software Development.

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#6

Post by skilesare » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 3:52 PM UTC

War and Peace will help you better understand and deal with the constant change in your requirements and why you are right that management has no fucking clue. Also, great value for your audible credit.

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#7

Post by ARandomerDude » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 4:09 PM UTC

"Organon" and "Metaphysics" by Aristotle. I've found that the more I think in Aristotelian terms, the easier it is to design and model my systems.

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#8

Post by slics » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 4:11 PM UTC

1- A sit at the table / Mark Schwartz 2- Influencer 3- Accelerate (devops)

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#9

Post by thrower123 » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 4:33 PM UTC

jdmoreira wrote: post #4

Yes! 1. Masters of Doom 2. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Stay Awhile and Listen is also a very good one in this vein.

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#10

Post by thinkmassive » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 4:47 PM UTC

The Kubernetes Book by Nigel Poulton is the best audiobook adaptation of a technical book that I’ve come across.

https://nigelpoulton.com/blog/f/kubernetes-audiobook