Bookshelf

This is a living list of books and other resources I return to or recommend often. I’ve always enjoyed browsing other people’s bookshelves, so consider this a small digital version of mine.

It’s also a good place to thank my friends and mentors who’ve shared this learning adventure with me.

Books

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs — Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman (1979)
• UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook — Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley (2010)
• Clean Code — Robert C. Martin (2008)
• Operating Systems: Design and Implementation — Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1987)
• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security — Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon (2001)
• The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing — Peter Kim (2014)
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann (2017)
• Release It! — Michael T. Nygard (2018)
• The Mythical Man-Month — Frederick P. Brooks Jr. (1975, later editions)

Publications

• Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures (REST dissertation) — Roy Thomas Fielding. PDF

Talks

• SOLID Principles of Object Oriented and Agile Design — Robert C. Martin (2014). YouTube
• Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git — Linus Torvalds. YouTube
• Simple Made Easy — Rich Hickey (2011). YouTube

Courses and sites

• Open Security Training — opensecuritytraining.info

Writing and workflow

• Semantic Linefeeds — Brandon Rhodes (2012). One sentence per line