"Docker Up & Running" by Kane & Matthias
A very good book for those starting with Docker, as well as the more advanced dev who feels that they're missing a strong foundation. Highly recommended!
Alex Ragalie
Principal Software Engineer & ex-CTO with startup experience Rust 🦀 & 🕸️ WASM TypeScript & JavaScript Python 🐍 OCaml 🐫 C 🦍
Game design
"Designing Games" by Tynan Sylvester
I've learned a great deal from this book, so I'm very much recommending it! I also wish there were more titles of this calibre in the "Game Design" section of technical books.
C
"Extreme C" by Kamran Amini
I find it very hard to recommend this book, as I've had to stop reading it quite early on, because I was getting quite worried about the accuracy of what I'm reading.
Book Review
"The Rust Programming Language" by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols
The content is very good, rightfully so as the first recommended resource for learning Rust 🦀. I don't think it's worth spending the money on the physical book though, considering it's the same exact content as the free version online, unless you really like to hold paper in your hands.
Software Dev
Get faster: my 2024 resolution
In 2024 I want to become significantly faster at developing software in the main ecosystems I spend my working hours on: JavaScript + TypeScript with Node on backend and React on frontend, Rust 🦀 for all performance-intensive workloads.
C
"Understanding and Using C Pointers" by Richard Reese
An absolute must-read in my view for any novice or mid-level C programmer, highly recommended!
C
"Let us C" by Yashavant Kanetkar
Even though the author has done a decent job at synthesizing a complex topic in a small handbook, this process of reduction has come at the significant expense of over-simplification and even confusing wishy-washy top level explanations.
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"Head First C" by David & Dawn Griffiths
Interesting concept, though not for me. I believe one can get much more bang for their buck in 2023 if one just takes a C course on Udemy or on YouTube.
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"C Primer Plus" by Stephen Prata
One of the best beginner programming books I’ve ever read. I wish this would have been the first book I read when I started programming!
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"The Software Engineer's Guidebook" by Gergely Orosz
There might not be such a thing as a 10x engineer, but if you follow Gergely’s advice in this book you’re guaranteed to 10x your chances of having a great career in tech.
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"Learning JavaScript Design Patterns" by Addy Osmani
A very good birds-eye view of design patterns for the mid to advanced level JavaScript developer. I learned quite a few things from the book, and I highly recommend it as a weekend read.
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"A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout
A great read overall, with very solid advice. I only wished the book would have been at least a few chapters longer!
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"Rust Web Programming" by Maxwell Flitton
It's one of those technical books where you really want to write the code alongside reading it, otherwise things don't really "click" just from reading.
WASM
“Practical WebAssembly” by Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen
It might sound a bit harsh, but in its current incarnation I frankly I don't see the purpose of this book.
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"Hands-On Functional Programming in Rust" by Andrew Johnson
Even though one could expect more "functional" aspects to be detailed, judging from the book's title, I think it strikes a very good balance.
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"Command-Line Rust" by Ken Youens-Clark
You can definitely feel that the author has a lot of experience writing high-quality production code.