Ask HN: Best book for software engineers (besides the well-known ones)?
Recommendations from 22 sampled comments out of 22 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
goatcode · Apr 16, 2021How To Win Friends And Influence People
sumnole · Apr 16, 2021Code Complete
Jugurtha · Apr 16, 2021"The Design of Everyday Things"
chevill · Apr 19, 2021this is one of the best books I've ever read. Very inspiring.
bwh2 · Apr 16, 2021Here's a book more people should know about: Masters of Doom.
avmich · Apr 16, 2021so maybe the book deserves some close look.
Jtsummers · Apr 16, 2021I still thought it was a worthwhile read and will probably include it in a list of books I'd recommend to a mentee in the future.
sumnole · Apr 16, 2021A Philosophy of Software Design
girishso · Apr 16, 2021Second A Philosophy of Software Design
Jtsummers · Apr 16, 2021A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout
grolle · Apr 16, 2021Effective Java
rboyd · Apr 16, 2021Coders at Work
yakubin · Apr 16, 2021Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron
kody · Apr 16, 2021The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk.
avmich · Apr 16, 2021"Quantum Computing Since Democritus" is a good specific example, I think.
cotsog · Apr 17, 2021Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire
Really well written and an easy read.
mac3n · Apr 16, 2021"Death March", Yourdon.