Docker: SecDevOps
From introduction to advanced concepts
A great book about Docker, from introduction to advanced concepts all covered by easy-to-follow examples.
Readings
Book summaries and notes from my reading journey across software craftsmanship, psychology, philosophy, and personal development. Each entry includes key takeaways and my own reflections. If you're looking for your next book or want the essential ideas without the full read, start here.
Team Topologies
Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
Team structures and interaction modes that let teams adapt quickly and keep software delivery both fast and safe.
The Psychology of Money
Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel
There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need. Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness.
Modern CTO
The uneven path from developer to executive
Joel Beasley maps the jagged transition from developer to CTO: the challenges, the lessons and the things worth avoiding.
Leaders Eat Last
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
A company's real strength is never its products. It is its people, and their willingness to rally together when it gets hard.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A story
A fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
A Leadership Fable
A leadership fable about a tech company whose C level cannot agree on anything, and the new CEO who names the five dysfunctions.
Start with Why
How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Why are some organizations more innovative and profitable? Why do so few repeat their success? Sinek starts from the why.
Leadership is Language
The hidden power of what you say, and what you don't
Marquet dives into the sinking of the El Faro and surfaces with new ideas on how the language we use defines our leadership.
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
The historical context behind Bitcoin, the economic properties that let it grow fast, and its political and social implications.
Turn the Ship Around!
A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
Marquet turned the submarine Santa Fe around by moving from leader-follower to leader-leader. On the limits of top-down hierarchy.
The Catcher in the Rye
Growing up without buying the adult world
The novel is a deeper reflection of Salinger's own youth, his complicated relationship with growing up and the generational trauma affected by World War II.
Lord of the Flies
What survives when the rules disappear
A group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island try to govern themselves. It ends in disaster.
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
How to Be the Leader Your Development Team Needs
A solid compilation for engineering managers: 1:1s, performance reviews, hiring and firing, politics and remote work.
Peopleware
Productive Projects and Teams
Software development is about people: when, how and where they work best together. Not about languages, tools or fast machines.
The Art of Leadership
Small Things, Done Well
Leadership practices are small things done repetitively over time. Managers tell you where you are, leaders tell you where you're going.
97 Things Every Engineering Manager should know
Collective Wisdom from the Experts
As a manager your work is to create clarity, clarity, and more clarity.
Zombie Scrum Survival Guide
A Journey to Recovery
Zombie Scrum Survival Guide reveals why Scrum runs aground and shows how to supercharge your Scrum outcomes, while having a lot more fun along the way.
Agile Product Management with Scrum
Creating Products that Customers Love
Understanding the product owner’s role and envisioning the product.
Stock market investing
25 Golden Stock Investing Lessons
Stock market basics & essentials.