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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
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The Mythical Man-Month

By Frederick P. Brooks Jr ,

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The Design of Everyday Things
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The Design of Everyday Things

By Don Norman ,

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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
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Software Engineering at Google

By Titus Winters , Tom Manshreck , Hyrum Wright

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
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Domain-Driven Design

By Eric Evans ,

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Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#
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Domain Modeling Made Functional

By Scott Wlaschin ,

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
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Managing Humans

By Michael Lopp ,

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201 Principles of Software Development
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201 Principles of Software Development

By Alan M. Davis ,

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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

By Robert L. Glass ,

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AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis
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AntiPatterns

By William J. Brown , Raphael C. Malveau , Hays W. "Skip" McCormick III , Thomas J. Mowbray

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Software Tools in Pascal
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Software Tools in Pascal

By Brian Kernighan , P.J. Plauger ,

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Designing Secure Software: A Guide for Developers
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Designing Secure Software

By Loren Kohnfelder ,

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Software Security Engineering: A Guide for Project Managers
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Software Security Engineering

By Julia H. Allen , Sean Barnum , Robert J. Ellison , Gary McGraw , Nancy R. Mead

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The Security Development Lifecycle
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The Security Development Lifecycle

By Michael Howard , Steve Lipner ,

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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation

By Keith Peters ,

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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
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The Toyota Way

By Jeffrey K. Liker ,

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Sourdough
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Sourdough

By Robin Sloan ,

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The UX Book: Agile UX Design for a Quality User Experience
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The UX Book

By Rex Hartson , Pardha S. Pyla ,

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
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Code Complete

By Steve McConnell ,

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How to Write for the World of Work
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How to Write for the World of Work

By Donald H. Cunningham , Thomas E. Pearsall , Elizabeth O. Smith

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Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track
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Staff Engineer

By Will Larson ,

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Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out
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Head First Git

By Raju Ghandi ,

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Function and Reactive Domain Modeling
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Function and Reactive Domain Modeling

By Debasish Ghosh ,

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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
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Working in Public

By Nadia Eghbal ,

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Producing Open Source Software
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Producing Open Source Software

By Karl Fogel ,

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Ship It!: A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects
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Ship It!

By Jared Richardson , William A Gwaltney ,

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The Science of Programming
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The Science of Programming

By David Gries ,

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The Elements of Programming Style
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The Elements of Programming Style

By Brian W. Kernighan , P.J. Plauger ,

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Effective Modern C++
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Effective Modern C++

By Scott Meyers ,

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