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Readings

I want to keep track of what I read and share it with everyone. Here you can see that. The datetime on each book said when I finished it.


The Lean Startup
Eric Ries

management leadership January 26, 2024

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

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Invincible
Marcos Vazquez

discipline stoicism philosophy December 09, 2023

The quality of your life depends on the quality of your mind. Unfortunately, we spend little time improving our thoughts, and it is rarely taught at school. As a result, we go through life without really understanding how to use our mind.

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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

novel fantasy November 07, 2023

The Alchemist is a classic novel in which a boy named Santiago embarks on a journey seeking treasure in the Egyptian pyramids after having a recurring dream about it. On the way meets mentors, falls in love, and most importantly, learns the true importance of who he is and how to improve himself and focus on what really matters in life.

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Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson, Stephen R. Covey, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

leadership communication October 31, 2023

When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most.

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It's Your Ship
D. Michael Abrashoff

leadership management September 20, 2023

“It’s Your Ship” is a leadership book written by D. Michael Abrashoff, a former commander of the USS Benfold, a guided missile destroyer. The book focuses on Abrashoff’s experiences and the leadership principles he applied to transform the performance and culture of his ship.

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The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham

novel dystopia August 13, 2023

This book is fantastic and frightening but entirely plausible. It doesn’t seem scientifically possible, but its characters are living people shaken out of the civilization they know into the horror of a world dominated by “triffids”.

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The Book Of Satoshi
Phil Champagne

bitcoin history July 10, 2023

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

novel dystopia June 28, 2023

The Blocksize War
Jonathan Bier

financial bitcoin June 20, 2023

Agile Project Management
Jeremy Savell

agile management May 31, 2023

Effective Remote Work
James Stanier

remote software April 17, 2023

Accelerate
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

agile software March 19, 2023

Adapt or die
Thomas H. Douglas

leadership people February 26, 2023

Told through the story of one bold company (People First IT), Adapt or Die takes readers through the unparalleled business system known as The Algorithm of Success that has the potential to inspire, ignite, and affect change for all aspects of an organization.

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The infinite game
Simon Sinek

leadership people January 29, 2023

How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind.

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Momo
Michael Ende

novel fantasy December 17, 2022

Momo is a fairytale that shows the fight between good and evil in our contemporary society, focusing on the lack of time to care for other people.

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Recipes for Decoupling
Matthias Noback

software design November 28, 2022

The Essential Drucker
Peter F. Drucker

management people October 29, 2022

Dare to lead
Brené Brown

leadership people September 30, 2022

Continuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres

management software August 21, 2022

The Great CEO Within
Matt Mochary

management business leadership August 01, 2022

The Starfish and the Spider
Ori Brafman, Rod Beckstrom

business leadership July 19, 2022

Clean Craftsmanship
Robert C. Martin

software clean-code July 11, 2022

Modern Software Engineering
David Farley

software engineering June 29, 2022

Docker: SecDevOps
Fran Ramírez, Elías Grande, Rafael Troncoso

docker devops April 29, 2022

Team Topologies
Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais

team-work management March 31, 2022

Team Topologies focuses on how to set up dynamic team structures and interaction modes that can help teams adapt quickly to new conditions, and achieve fast and safe software delivery.

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The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel

financial investing February 27, 2022

Having more money will make you happier ONLY if that means you’ll have more control over your time.

“I did not intend to get rich. I just wanted to get independent.” Charlie Munger.

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Modern CTO
Joel Beasley

leadership people January 23, 2022

Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek

leadership people January 16, 2022

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach

novel self-help spiritual January 08, 2022

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick M. Lencioni

leadership management December 07, 2021

This book is a leadership fable about a tech company that is struggling to get more customers. The C level is not working as a team, and they have a hard time coming to any agreements which result in negative morale. Until the new CEO, Catherine Petersen, joins the team, and she is able to recognize the problems and help the team overcome them by understanding the situation.

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Start with Why
Simon Sinek

leadership entrepreneurship November 28, 2021

Start with Why asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?

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Leadership is Language
L. David Marquet

leadership people October 22, 2021

A radical playbook to empower your people and put your team on a path to continuous improvement.

In this book, the former submarine commander Captain L. David Marquet dives deep into one of the most investigated marine disasters, the sinking of the El Faro, and surfaces with new ideas on leadership and language.

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The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous

financial bitcoin September 20, 2021

Turn the Ship Around!
L. David Marquet

leadership management September 12, 2021

The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger

novel fiction August 08, 2021

Lord of the Flies
William Golding

novel fiction July 10, 2021

Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse. It has established itself as a true classic.

The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island, and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves.

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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
James Stanier

software management June 27, 2021

A great compilation of all topics that are important for management: 1:1s, performance reviews, hiring and laying off, workplace politics, remote work, and others.

The book is divided into 3 parts: the first part covers things a new manager should know, the second and third parts go into topics that all managers should master.

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Peopleware
Tom DeMarco

people management May 28, 2021

Software development is about people: when, how and where they can best work together. Not about programming languages or tools. Not about fast computers, networks or internet access.

Soft skills are truly important in IT, more than people tend to think.

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The Art of Leadership
Michael Lopp

leadership management April 19, 2021

97 Things Every Engineering Manager should know
Camille Fournier

engineering management April 05, 2021

Zombie Scrum Survival Guide
Christiaan Verwijs, Johannes Schartau, Barry Overeem

scrum agile recovery March 01, 2021

Agile Product Management with Scrum
Roman Pichler

management agile February 22, 2021

Stock market investing
Mark Atwood

financial investing January 31, 2021

One up on wall street
Peter Lynch

financial investing January 22, 2021

Who moved my cheese?
Spencer Johnson

management financial January 16, 2021

This book presents a tale inside the main story that consists of 4 characters: two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little persons, Hem and Haw.

The tale is a beautiful metaphor of the different attitudes that people adopt as part of their identity in life when they have to confront any change.

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Rich dad poor dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki

business financial January 15, 2021

Principles of package design
Matthias Noback

software design November 12, 2020

Animal Farm
George Orwell

novel fiction dystopia November 02, 2020

Object design style guide
Matthias Noback

software design October 10, 2020

Objects are the central concept of languages like Java, Python, C#. Applying best practices for object design means that your code will be easy to read, write, and maintain.

This book captures dozens of techniques for creating pro-quality OO code that can stand the test of time.

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Domain-Driven Design Distilled
Vaughn Vernon

software architecture September 10, 2020

Domain-Driven Design Distilled brings DDD to life. Whether you’re a developer, consultant, or customer, it will help you understand it, so you can benefit from its power.

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Advanced Web Application Architecture
Matthias Noback

software architecture August 16, 2020

This book helps you get your web applications back in shape. It contains many techniques for decoupling from infrastructure (like the framework or the database).

“The best guide that brings your coding and architecture skills a level up. All the modern PHP features combined with the elegance of a well-designed modular design.”

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Never split the difference
Chris Voss

carrier skills negotiation June 12, 2020

Scrum
Jeff Sutherland

management business June 10, 2020

7 languages in 7 weeks
Bruce Tate

software programming May 21, 2020

The call of Cthulhu
H. P. Lovecraft

novel fiction short-story May 18, 2020

The metamorphosis
Franz Kafka

novel fiction May 16, 2020

1984
George Orwell

novel fiction dystopia May 13, 2020

High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove

management leadership April 03, 2020

The Manager Path
Camille Fournier

management leadership March 26, 2020

Clean Agile
Robert C. Martin

software agile basics March 12, 2020

Extreme Programming Explained
Kent Beck

software team-work March 05, 2020

Symfony 5
Fabien Potencier

software symfony February 20, 2020

Atomic Habits
James Clear

habits improvement November 12, 2019

Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Michael Feathers

software legacy testing July 01, 2019

The Art of War
Sun Tzu

psychology communication August 10, 2018

Clean Architecture
Robert C. Martin

software architecture June 04, 2018

The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg

habits improvement March 20, 2017

The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

software pragmatic October 01, 2016

Sprint
Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz

software management September 01, 2016

The Clean Coder
Robert C. Martin

software clean-code August 01, 2016

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals.

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97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Kevlin Henney

software general wisdom July 15, 2016

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you’ll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems, learning appropriate best practices, and honing your craft through sound advice.

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Clean Code
Robert C. Martin

software clean-code May 01, 2016

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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