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Worth your time

Books, tools and talks that changed how I write or think about software. If you only pick one, make it the first.

BOOKS

Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsMartin KleppmannThe book that made distributed systems finally click for me.A Philosophy of Software DesignJohn OusterhoutDeep modules, simple interfaces. Changed how I review pull requests.The Pragmatic ProgrammerHunt & ThomasCareer advice disguised as a programming book.Staff EngineerWill LarsonWhat "senior" actually means once the title stops being the goal.

TOOLS

lazygitterminalA terminal UI for git that makes interactive rebases painless.k9sterminalNavigate and debug Kubernetes clusters without typing kubectl forty times.BrunoAPI clientGit-friendly API collections that live next to the code.ObsidiannotesWhere every half-finished idea and postmortem goes.

TALKS

Simple Made EasyRich HickeyThe difference between simple and easy, and why it matters every day.The Art of CodeDylan BeattieA reminder that programming can be playful.