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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,600 ratings — published 1999
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,437 ratings — published 1978
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.35 — 23,811 ratings — published 2007
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,510 ratings — published 1993
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,399 ratings — published 1989
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.20 — 12,053 ratings — published 1994
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,878 ratings — published 1984
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,317 ratings — published 1975
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,897 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,897 ratings — published 1973
Penguin Random House Python Crash Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,244 ratings — published 2015
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)
by (shelved 12 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,881 ratings — published 1999
Effective Java (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.51 — 8,111 ratings — published 2001
JavaScript: The Good Parts (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,683 ratings — published 2008
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,235 ratings — published 2014
Programming Pearls (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,228 ratings — published 1986
The C++ Programming Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,041 ratings — published 1986
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,411 ratings — published 1996
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,693 ratings — published 2004
Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,368 ratings — published 1991
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,352 ratings — published 2011
C++: How to Program (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,296 ratings — published 2014
Agile Web Development with Rails, 1st Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,229 ratings — published 2005
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.41 — 5,643 ratings — published 2015
A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,920 ratings — published 2018
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.25 — 51,374 ratings — published 2013
Designing Data-Intensive Applications (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.69 — 11,279 ratings — published 2015
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.12 — 36,081 ratings — published 2016
Head First Java (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,274 ratings — published 2006
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,915 ratings — published 2011
Learning Perl (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,863 ratings — published 1993
Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,259 ratings — published 2010
More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,077 ratings — published 1995
The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,939 ratings — published 1999
Learning Python (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,225 ratings — published 2013
The Rust Programming Language (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,864 ratings — published
Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.61 — 1,845 ratings — published 2015
The Little Schemer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,995 ratings — published 1974
Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.33 — 854 ratings — published 1994
Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,615 ratings — published 2014
Think Python (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,690 ratings — published
Pro Git (Expert's Voice in Software Development)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,428 ratings — published 2009
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,390 ratings — published 2009
Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,135 ratings — published 1996
Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-step Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,660 ratings — published 2008
Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.21 — 526 ratings — published
Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,834 ratings — published 1983
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,496 ratings — published 1994
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,379 ratings — published 2011
The Joy of Clojure (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.18 — 959 ratings — published 2010
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“You should do well but not really good. And the reason is that in the time it takes you to go from well to really good, Moore’s law has already surpassed you. You can pick up 10 percent but while you’re picking up that 10 percent, computers have gotten twice as fast and maybe with some other stuff that matters more for optimization, like caches. I think it’s largely a waste of time to do really well. It’s really hard; you generate as many bugs as you fix. You should stop, not take that extra 100 percent of time to do 10 percent of the work.”
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“I often end up rewriting. Sometimes I do that without ever finding the bug. I get to the point where I can just feel that it’s in this part here. I’m just not very comfortable about this part. It’s a mess. It really shouldn’t be that way. Rather than tweak it a little bit at a time, I’ll just throw away a couple hundred lines of code, rewrite it from scratch, and often then the bug is gone. Sometimes I feel guilty about that. Is that a failure on my part? I didn’t understand what the bug was. I didn’t find the bug. I just dropped a bomb on the house and blew up all the bugs and built a new house. In some sense, the bug eluded me. But if it becomes the right solution, maybe it’s OK. You’ve done it faster than you would have by finding it.”
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