Software Book Summaries

Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Phoenix Project Summary
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim 2013 345 pages
4.26
47k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Refactoring UI Summary
Refactoring UI
by Adam Wathan 2018 252 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
A Philosophy of Software Design Summary
A Philosophy of Software Design
by John Ousterhout 2018 190 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Programming
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Software
Clean Architecture Summary
Clean Architecture
by Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2014 473 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Mythical Man-Month Summary
The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages
4.01
14k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The SaaS Playbook Summary
The SaaS Playbook
Build a Multimillion-Dollar Startup Without Venture Capital
by Rob Walling 2023 200 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Summary
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
by Martin Kleppmann 2015 562 pages
4.71
9k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Product Design for the Web Summary
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing & Releasing Web Products
by Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Design
Website Design
Business
Accelerate Summary
Accelerate
Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
by Nicole Forsgren 2018 288 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Wiring the Winning Organization Summary
Wiring the Winning Organization
Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification
by Gene Kim 2023 384 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection Summary
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection
by Robert C. Martin 2011 699 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
Code Complete Summary
Code Complete
A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
by Steve McConnell 1993 914 pages
4.30
9k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
System Design Interview – An insider's guide Summary
System Design Interview – An insider's guide
by Alex Xu 2020 324 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Building Secure and Reliable Systems Summary
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
by Heather Adkins 2020 541 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Technology
Engineering
Technical
The Pragmatic Programmer Summary
The Pragmatic Programmer
From Journeyman to Master
by Dave Thomas 1999 321 pages
4.33
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Software Engineering Summary
Software Engineering
by Ian Sommerville 1982 784 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technical
The Staff Engineer's Path Summary
The Staff Engineer's Path
A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
by Tanya Reilly 2022 335 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Technology
Leadership
Software
Code Summary
Code
The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold 1999 396 pages
4.40
10k+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Production-Ready Microservices Summary
Production-Ready Microservices
Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization
by Susan J. Fowler 2016 153 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Technology
Technical
Software
The Software Engineer's Guidebook Summary
The Software Engineer's Guidebook
Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups
by Gergely Orosz 2023 413 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Software
Managing Humans Summary
Managing Humans
Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
by Michael Lopp 2007 209 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Laravel Summary
Laravel
Up and Running: A Framework for Building Modern PHP Apps
by Matt Stauffer 2016 454 pages
4.44
100+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Kubernetes Patterns Summary
Kubernetes Patterns
Reusable Elements for Designing Cloud-Native Applications
by Bilgin Ibryam 2019 266 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Technology
Technical
Engineering
Effective Java Summary
Effective Java
Programming Language Guide
by Joshua Bloch 2001 252 pages
4.51
7k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Peopleware Summary
Peopleware
Productive Projects and Teams
by Tom DeMarco 1987 245 pages
4.13
9k+ ratings
Management
Business
Programming
Designing Machine Learning Systems Summary
Designing Machine Learning Systems
An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
by Chip Huyen 2022 368 pages
4.49
500+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Programming
The DevOps Handbook Summary
The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
by Gene Kim 2015 442 pages
4.30
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Programming
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Summary
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
by Sarah Drasner 2022 220 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Technology
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
by James Stanier 2020 374 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Staff Engineer Summary
Staff Engineer
Leadership Beyond the Management Track
by Will Larson 2021 337 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Technology
Management
The Engineering Executive's Primer Summary
The Engineering Executive's Primer
Impactful Technical Leadership
by Will Larson 2024 360 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Leadership
Management
Technology
The Humane Interface Summary
The Humane Interface
New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin 2000 233 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
The Clean Coder Summary
The Clean Coder
A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
by Robert C. Martin 2011 210 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Refactoring Summary
Refactoring
Improving the Design of Existing Code
by Martin Fowler 1999 431 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Phoenix Project Summary
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim 2013 345 pages
4.26
47k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Management 3.0 Summary
Management 3.0
Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders (Addison-Wesley Signature Series
by Jurgen Appelo 2010 621 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Tidy First? Summary
Tidy First?
A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
by Kent Beck 2023 122 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
The Principles of Product Development Flow Summary
The Principles of Product Development Flow
Second Generation Lean Product Development
by Donald G. Reinertsen 2009 294 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide Summary
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide
How to Learn Your Next Programming Language, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land The Coding Job Of Your Dreams
by John Z. Sonmez 2017 798 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
Joel on Software Summary
Joel on Software
by Joel Spolsky 2004 362 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
Artificial Intelligence Basics Summary
Artificial Intelligence Basics
A Non-Technical Introduction
by Tom Taulli 2019 187 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Architecture Patterns with Python Summary
Architecture Patterns with Python
Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices
by Harry Percival 2020 280 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
REST API Design Rulebook Summary
REST API Design Rulebook
by Mark Masse 2011 161 pages
3.36
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Essential Scrum Summary
Essential Scrum
A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
by Kenneth S. Rubin 2012 496 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Business
Programming
Management
The Linux Programming Interface Summary
The Linux Programming Interface
A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
by Michael Kerrisk 2010 1552 pages
4.63
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
by Betsy Beyer 2016 550 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Software Architecture in Practice Summary
Software Architecture in Practice
by Len Bass 2021 512 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Software
Programming
Computer Science
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