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Computer software, or simply software, also known as computer programs, is the non-tangible component of computers.

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System Design Interview – An insider's guide
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach
The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups
The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
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Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
Rust for Rustaceans
Fundamentals of Data Engineering: Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System
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Software Books

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Clean Architecture
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
A Philosophy of Software Design
Head First Design Patterns
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The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy HuntClean Code by Robert C. MartinThe Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.Design Patterns by Erich GammaCode Complete by Steve McConnell
Become a great Software Developer
44 books — 8 voters
Refactoring by Martin FowlerPatterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin FowlerDomain-Driven Design by Evans EricAre Your Lights On? by Donald C. Gause
Programming Style and Development
4 books — 1 voter

The Art of Scalability by Martin L. AbbottScalability Rules by Martin L. AbbottThe Power of Customer Misbehavior by Michael T. FisherAnalysis For Financial Management by Robert C. HigginsAccounting Made Simple by Mike Piper
AKF Recommended Books
59 books — 1 voter
Domain-Driven Design by Eric EvansSoftware Architecture for Developers by Simon BrownSoftware Architecture for Developers by Simon BrownPattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1 by Frank BuschmannPattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 4 by Frank Buschmann
iSAQB - Books on Software Architecture
36 books — 1 voter

The Internet of Money by Andreas M. AntonopoulosTokenomics by Stefan PiechInventing Bitcoin by Yan PritzkerBlockchain Basics by Daniel DrescherThe Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
Blockchain
78 books — 59 voters
Steal Like an Artist by Austin KleonHow to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck by Steve StockmanSoldering by David Erik NelsonThe Scrumban [R]Evolution by Ajay ReddyStyling for Instagram by Leela Cyd
Books for Digital Media Labs & Makerspaces
67 books — 8 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Software”

Bruce Eckel
“ Programming is about managing complexity: the complexity of the problem, laid upon the complexity of the machine. Because of this complexity, most of our programming projects fail. ”
― Bruce Eckel, On Java 8
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Sukant Ratnakar
“ The human mind is an open network of complex softwares working together. ”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Rum Beer Cocktail
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