Posts tagged with "books"
Bobiverse
June 2, 2025
A few years ago, I realized that I had too many credits on my Audible account. Since I love sci-fi, I started the search. Surprisingly, many sources, including ChatGPT and Goodreads, annoyingly suggested the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor to me. Both the title of the first book ("We Are Legion (We Are Bob)") and its cover repelled …
Awesome books for Engineering Managers
Sept. 11, 2024
Here is the list of books that I personally recommend.
1. Accelerate: The Science Behind DevOps
Absolutely a must-read. In 2020, I built a team based on the book, and the team, in different configurations, remains a high performer. The team is built to optimize for frequent delivery. QA is highly automated. All unnecessary controls are removed. Agile, no Scrum. …
Science fiction (update February 2022)
Feb. 1, 2022
Before 2006 I thought that science fiction was dead. But then Blindsight by Peter Watts was published, and I read it 4 times in a row. Watts set the bar extremely high. The book is described as hard science fiction on Wikipedia. And I agree because the references section of the book looks like a section from a science …