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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life - A really good read on how to write which is applicable to everyone who needs to communicate well
Producing Open Source Software - This is such an in depth book into everything you need to consider when working “in public”
1. An anonymous poaster in an image board who was very very passionate about SWE to such a degree it made me passionate about it too. 2. https://www.tedinski.com/archive/
Is 1 a reference to the /prog/ poster? If so, his functionalCS syllabus is some of the best content online.
1. An anonymous poaster in an image board who was very very passionate about SWE to such a degree it made me passionate about it too. 2. https://www.tedinski.com/archive/
Is 1 a reference to the /prog/ poster? If so, his functionalCS syllabus is some of the best content online.
* The C Programming Language. 2nd Edition. nuff said. * Learn C++ in 21 days. May seem strange from the title, but this was the book that helped me really grok OO design. It's examples about mammals horses dogs and unicorns (!) have stick to me for ever. * Digital Computers (this is a greek-only book, publish date was 1979 or something): We had this book for a course at our first year on the University. It introduced…
My dad gave me a copy of K&R when I was a senior in high school and that was quite the spiral into developing my love for computers even more. A true classic.
K&R and Unix Programming we’re two of the few books in my local library that were about programming. My hacker career/life started with reading page one of K&R. I never looked back.
TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming - Learned assembly as a teenager and there's no better foundation for knowing how a computer works. Love to shake the author's hand for that one - right book at the right time in my life, and surprisingly well written for something you could pick up at a Radio Shack. Borland's Turbo Pascal 5.5 Object Oriented Programming Guide - explained object-oriented programming…
But I guess it shouldn't be so surprising. Turbo Pascal was kind of a well-spring of excellence in its time.
1. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools This learnt me how to analyze "small" datasets which have helped me incredibly in my career. Technology wise is very out of date, but the concepts are still valid. I think it's hard to get more with less investmtent. Really underrated book. 2. Expert Oracle Database Architecture If you have to develop on Oracle (something I undestand it's not very popular in HN), you have to re…