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2022-09-30 How To Force Checkmate

2022-09-30 How To Force Checkmate

One of the best books on chess I've read, from 1949.

Daniel B. Markham

30 Sep 2022 · 1 min read

Slack: Getting Past Burnout

Slack: Getting Past Burnout

Why is it that today’s superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down.

Daniel B. Markham

23 Sep 2022 · 2 min read

The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects.

Daniel B. Markham

16 Sep 2022 · 2 min read

The Pragmatic Programmer

The Pragmatic Programmer

The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech books you’ll read, re-read, and read again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time.

Daniel B. Markham

9 Sep 2022 · 2 min read

Principles of Product Development Flow

Principles of Product Development Flow

The uber-grandaddy of all management books. Reinertsen examines today's product development practices and explains why invisible and unmanaged queues are the underlying root cause of poor product development performance

Daniel B. Markham

2 Sep 2022 · 2 min read

Conway's Life, TDD and F#

Conway's Life, TDD and F#

How does TDD change depending on the types of tools you're using and the method you're using to solve a programming problem? Here a few of us TDD proponents walk through a Conway's Life implementation in F# WITHOUT using TDD (successfully)

Daniel B. Markham

29 Aug 2022 ·

Coad-Yourdon's OOA and OOD Books

Coad-Yourdon's OOA and OOD Books

A life and career-changing set of books in software development and architecture

Daniel B. Markham

26 Aug 2022 · 1 min read

2022-08-19 Code Complete

2022-08-19 Code Complete

Code Complete, the classic software craftsman book

Daniel B. Markham

18 Aug 2022 · 1 min read

The Rant

The Rant

Technology development, Agile adoption, organizational change, and why our system of education and inustrialization of programming is rigged against true problem-solving

Daniel B. Markham

31 Jul 2022 · 1 min read

2022-07-08 Nerd Roundup

2022-07-08 Nerd Roundup

The windows malloc trash fire, nerd fight over kubernetes being a red flag, AI writing academic papers about itself, Google's Colossus, and more

Daniel B. Markham

8 Jul 2022 · 2 min read

2022-07-01 Nerd Roundup

2022-07-01 Nerd Roundup

Free CRDT desktop tool, using math to spot liars, blood pressure tattoos, Mr. Fusion garage-sized reactors, and more.

Daniel B. Markham

1 Jul 2022 · 2 min read

Novum Novum Organum Organum++

Novum Novum Organum Organum++

Ok kids, we're going to refactor all of the modern education system. Who wants to go first?

Daniel B. Markham

28 Jun 2022 · 4 min read

Starting New Book: Functional Programming Smells

Starting New Book: Functional Programming Smells

Daniel B. Markham

26 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

2022-06-24 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-24 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

26 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-17 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-17 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

18 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-10 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-10 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

11 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-03 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-03 Nerd Roundup

Wordle, brains, wifi running on your fat, AI, Settlers of Catan, and quality time versus quantity time. All that plus Terraform and hidden gold this week.

Daniel B. Markham

4 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-05-27 Nerd Roundup

2022-05-27 Nerd Roundup

Constructors, Initializers, Compilers, oh my! Big bag of coding fun this week on Nerd Roundup!

Daniel B. Markham

26 May 2022 · 2 min read