Ask HN: Is "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell still a recommended read?

Pragmatic Programmer

Even if the book would be hopelessly outdated, that's usually informative too.

many ideas I got from the book made me a better programmer

It's in the same group as Pragmatic Programmer, Refactoring, Patterns of Application Architecture and the Gang-of-Four book for me.

That lack of gender inclusivity is right there in the title.

Soul of a New Machine by Kidder

Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks

I don't see why The Mythical Man Month shouldn't be; the technology is out of date and the gender issues are out of date.

Most books not written very recently are not going to adhere to contemporary values and mores.

Programming Pearls by John Bentley

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Gamma, Helm, etc

the Gang-of-Four book

The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stohl

I still use stuff I picked up from Writing Solid Code.

Applied Cryptography (2e) by Bruce Schneier

A New Kind of Science by Wolfram

I would recommend Code Complete II

I liked /Rapid Development/ too.

I always thought that Rapid Development was better than Code Complete.