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Maximiliano Contieri's avatar

Amazing Article and Amazing list.

When you write articles and books about software fundamentals without clickbait titles nobody reads them.

When you write a concise article about how to solve a particular issue on the trendy framework, many readers come by.

Sad but true

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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

Thank you! Exactly Maximiliano, I think the same.

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Da' Vince's avatar

That's so true!

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Rafa Páez's avatar

This is such a great article! I cannot agree more with learning the fundamentals and things that don't change. Those are the books you want to invest in, the ones you can read over and over after the years! Thank you, Milan.

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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

Thank you Rafa!

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Sasi's avatar

Great list!

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Tariq's avatar

Really great article, I will definitely give some of these books a read.

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Lucas Chitolina's avatar

I would add "Becoming a Better Programmer" by Pete Goodliffe.

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javinpaul's avatar

Best Advice

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Verónica Hernández Sánchez's avatar

Ohhh!!! This is a great article!!! With the super fast speed of tech, learning the basics is super important! Thanks for sharing :D

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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

Thank you!

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wesllycode's avatar

Obrigado pelo conteúdo.

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André Lizardo's avatar

mythical man-month is a must read for any software engineer. It covers all non-technical topics we need to know!

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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

True!

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Bill Butler's avatar

What a great list. I have at least a dozen or so of those titles. Several have been must reads for all new team members such as Head First Design Patterns and Code Complete. Don’t know if he is still popular but always found Celko to be a goto resource for SQL.

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Bhaskar Tripathi, Ph.D.'s avatar

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you can build something by reading selectively. All the books I have read have a lot of entropy. There is very less useful information. Better to extract all that useful information and then build on basis of that knowledge.

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Eslam Linux's avatar

i study C++ fundamentals and i agree with you About focus on learning fundamentals any building we build must have strong building foundation , so i'm close to finish fundamentals but i will practice more and more to get good knowledge base

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Donald Parish's avatar

The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross

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Tom Dausy's avatar

Thank you for this article. Your discussion on the Lindy Effect and its application to technology fundamentals was a reminder of where developers should truly focus their learning.

I especially appreciate your emphasis on learning "things that don't change", which clearly underpins your own two decades of experience. Your insights are consistently inspiring and highly practical. Again thanks a lot.

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Milan Vydareny's avatar

Would definitely include "A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition" by John Ousterhout. His style and content is similar to yours: "Clear, concise, understandable. It simplifies complex things." There a very high rate of value returned on time invested by reading this book.

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Have you had a chance to read The Manager's Path By Camille Fournier? I found it very insightful.

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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

Yes! It is in my leadership books recommendations: https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/15-best-leadership-books

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