Was listening to Data Lake architecture last week. Ran out of my audible credits early this month so used this website, I think it was called Narration Box or something to turn the ebook into audiobook. Not to shabby but it was TTS at the end of the day, so I guess it almost works. The book's pretty great though.
Ask HN: Programming Audio Book Recommendations
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Re: Ask HN: Programming Audio Book Recommendations
#22"Algorithms to Live By" "The Phoenix Project" / "The Unicorn Project"
I loved that too !!
Re: Ask HN: Programming Audio Book Recommendations
#23I agree that the Pragmatic Programmer is well done in it's audio form, and I also agree that Grokking Algorithms is terrible. I am currently listening Designing Data Intensive Applications and it's phenomenally done - the author clearly worked with the narrator to adapt the content to audio format, and the narrator seems to have experience or familiarity with the subject because he pronounces the technical jargon ver…
I think _terrible _ might be a bit harsh on Grokking Algorithms, but most of it’s curriculum is rather basic, and the few last chapters about graphs, which I’d say is a bit less basic, pretty much require that you inspect the accompanying pdf with illustrations… this might not be a problem of you’re listening while sitting in a train, but it will be a problem if you’re listening while walking the dog (like me).
I would just describe Grokking Algorithms as a bad book, and mostly relevant if you have zero prior experience with Algorithms.
Oh, and the narration of the code snippets is also pretty useless IIRC.
Ok, while writing this, I realize that “terrible“ might actually be well deserved.
Re: Ask HN: Programming Audio Book Recommendations
#24Clean Code - Robert Martin. Working With Legacy Code - Michael Feathers
But are they available as audiobooks, and if so, have you listened to them?
Re: Ask HN: Programming Audio Book Recommendations
#25"Algorithms to Live By" "The Phoenix Project" / "The Unicorn Project"
Another vote for "The Phoenix Project" and "The Unicorn Project".
Both of those books are technically fiction but they are incredibly insightful into what goes all around coding and how to optimize those processes.
The characters are very engaging and I found myself relating and taking ideas to improve my work/organization!