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  • Generative AI for Software Development Building Software Faster and More Effectively

    Sergio Pereira

    AI tooling for modern software development.

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  • Dividends Still Don't Lie The Truth About Investing in Blue Chip Stocks and Winning in the Stock Market

    Kelley Wright

    Great discussion of dividend yield theory

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  • Fundamentals of Software Architecture A Modern Engineering Approach

    Mark Richards & Neal Ford

    Incredible book that covers modern engineering practices, architecture topics, and software components.

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  • Building Secure Software How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way

    John Viega & Gary McGraw

    Tackles security topics related to modern software development

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  • Production Kubernetes Building Successful Application Platforms

    Josh Rosso & Rich Lander & Alex Brand & John Harris

    Incredible discusssion of how to run production applications on Kubernetes

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  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

    Martin Kleppmann & Chris Riccomini

    One of the best (if not the best) books on distributed computing topics

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  • Design Patterns Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

    Erich Gamma & Richard Helm & Ralph Johnson & John Vlissides

    Thorough coverage of software design patterns

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  • Web Protocols and Practice Http/1.1, Networking Protocols, Caching, and Traffic Measurement

    Balachander Krishnamurthy & Jennifer Rexford

    Deep dive into the HTTP/1.1 protocol and the supporting ecosystem

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  • Unix Network Programming The Sockets Networking Api

    W. Richard Stevens & Bill Fenner & Andrew M. Rudoff

    Incredible introduction to network programming and the UNIX sockets APIs

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  • The Intelligent Investor The Definitive Book on Value Investing

    Benjamin Graham & Jason Zweig

    One of the best books in existence for valuing companies based on fundamentals

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  • TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3 TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP and the Unix Domain Protocols

    Richard Stevens

    Broad coverage of network protocols including HTTP, T/TCP, NNTP, etc.

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  • TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2 The Implementation

    W. Richard Stevens & Gary R. Wright

    Amazing overview of how the network stack works under the hood

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  • Richard Stevens

    Incredible introduction to network protocols, packet structure, and common network utilities.

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  • Stephen A. Thomas

    A thorough introduction to how TLS and SSL work under the covers.

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