Ask HN: Favorite true story tech book?

that book really inspired me.

I enjoyed: Tuxedo Park, Soul Of a New Machine, and The Deadly Fuze.

"The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder Drags a bit in places, but is still interesting in a history type way.

Founders at Work. Lots of good true stories. Encourages me to work on my own true story.

For game programmers, "Masters of Doom" and "Dungeons and Dreamers".

Masters of Doom

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy

Hackers, by Steven Levy is a great book too.

I vote up this book - especially for sysadmins.

LOVED this book! I wouldn't consider myself a reader, but I literally could not put it down once I started.

The Cuckoo's Egg: a true crime hacker espionage thriller.

Especially if you're into UI and unsung heroes.

It's a very fun, easy, and interesting read of the origins of modern computing

<em>Dreaming in Code</em>

"The New New Thing" by Michael Lewis is great: entertainingly written, and actually quite instructive about SV culture.

I'm still reading "What the Dormouse Said: How 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer", but I'm finding it quite good.

Skunkworks

Fire in the Valley, hands-down.

Try finding a copy of Computer Lib/Dream Machines by Ted Nelson (1974), it's pretty awesome.