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. Just consistency over perfection, and building habits that align with what matters.
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Career development, growth paths, and professional transitions.
Principles of Economics
If you've ever scratched your head at the economy, wondered why prices keep rising, or questioned why money seems to lose value over time, Principles of Economics by Saifedean Ammous might blow your mind. It's not your t…
Digital Minimalism
In an era dominated by constant connectivity, the concept of digital minimalism emerges as a refreshing antidote. Coined by Cal Newport, this philosophy isn't about rejecting technology but rather about using it with gre…
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 profound philosophy on the human condition. This book is a testament to the resilience of the human spi…
People Skills
So, you're a software developer, and you've mastered coding languages, algorithms, and all the tech stuff. That's awesome! But here's the deal: technical skills alone won't get you as far as you might think. If you can't…
Great Engineering
Coding is not just another job. In the right environment, writing software can be really fun and, even more, it can be your personal hobby as well! So... you might be focused on coding, coding and more coding to level up…
The Alchemist
A classic novel about Santiago, a boy who embarks on a journey seeking treasure in Egypt, learning the true importance of self-improvement and what really matters in life.
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 different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for the new role, they will be i…
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, learning, talk, or what I will write this or next month.
Learned Helplessness
Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive beyond their control. It was initially thought to be caused by the subject's acceptance of their powerlessness by discontinuing…
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, learning in your private time, etc...? The short answer is: no, and let me tell you how I ended up…
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? Should you change the company?
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 it?
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, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees …
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, workplace politics, remote work, and others.
Open-Source Software
What is Open-Source Software (OSS)? What are their benefits? How can you start contributing to any OSS? Pet projects? Knowledge sharing? Why all of these?
Embrace the Change
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.
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 little persons, Hem and Haw.
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
A hands-on tour of Clojure, Haskell, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, and Ruby. Learn how each language thinks differently and broaden your perspective on programming.
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 to follow or doesn't seem so interesting as it could. Let's fix this.
Atomic Habits
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions. He calls them a…
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg explores the science behind habit formation, showing how habits work, why they exist, and practical strategies to transform them for personal and professional growth.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Key takeaways from Hunt and Thomas's classic on pragmatic software development, including DRY principles, the right mindset, and how to choose and master your tools.
The Clean Coder
Robert C. Martin's guide to professional behavior in software development, covering time management, pressure handling, TDD practices, and what it truly means to be a software craftsman.
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 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting …