What success means to me
Success is waking up knowing that what you do makes the people around you, and yourself, happier. No complex formula. Ju…
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Principles of Economics
If you've ever scratched your head at the economy, wondered why prices keep rising, or questioned why money seems to los…
Digital Minimalism
In an era dominated by constant connectivity, the concept of digital minimalism emerges as a refreshing antidote. Coined…
Man's Search for Meaning
In Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl not only shares his harrowing experiences from the Holocaust but also presents a pro…
People skills
So, you're a software developer, and you've mastered coding languages, algorithms, and all the tech stuff. That's awesom…
Great engineering
Coding is not just another job. In the right environment, writing software can be really fun and, even more, it can be y…
The Alchemist
A classic novel about Santiago, a boy who embarks on a journey seeking treasure in Egypt, learning the true importance o…
The Peter Principle
The Peter principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires…
Never ending loop
It is hard sometimes to get to bed with the mind blank because, more often than not, I think about my next reading, lear…
Learned helplessness
Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive beyond their control. It wa…
Have you always been like this?
Have you always been like this? Constantly reading books, writing blog posts, public speaker in conferences and meet-ups…
Different beliefs about software quality
What to do when working on "bad software" and you can't improve it because it is against the beliefs of your peers? Shou…
The path to seniority in software
The seniority in our software industry is more polluted by marketing and politics than in reality. What can we do about …
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection…
Start with Why
Start with Why asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential…
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
A great compilation of all topics that are important for management: 1:1s, performance reviews, hiring and laying off, w…
Open-Source Software
What is Open-Source Software (OSS)? What are their benefits? How can you start contributing to any OSS? Pet projects? Kn…
Embrace the change
The tale is a beautiful metaphor of the different attitudes that people adopt as part of their identity in life when the…
Who moved my cheese?
This book presents a tale inside the main story that consists of 4 characters: two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two littl…
The process itself is the goal
No goal should be an achievement on its own, but the process itself that helps us to go in the direction of these goals.
7 languages in 7 weeks
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages
How to improve your tech-talk (or any other presentation)
We have found ourselves attending a meeting that felt like we were wasting our time with a monologue that is either hard…
Atomic Habits
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. James Clear has discovered another way. He k…
The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
The Pragmatic Programmer
The journey to mastery
The Clean Coder
A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 …