Coders at Work

Haven't finished yet but great interviews of leading coders. I didn't enjoy Founders at Work (personally found it a bit indirect/not deep enough) but in Coders at Work you really feel the connection between interviewer and interviewee while at the same time getting a lot of incidental startup advice as these coders have all had decent roles to play in Silicon Valley etc. history.

on HN, 2010

I loved reading about the founder's stories and first-hand perspectives of notable programmers.

on HN, 2010

it'd provide history/culture (Coders At Work, Soul of A New Machine).

on HN, 2020

And perhaps something lighter, more inspirational for the day to day work: - "Coders at work" by Peter Seibel

on HN, 2021

Coders at Work is great - easy to read (but long), with a lot of interesting information. Some sample questions the author asks: "How do you design code?", "What is the worst bug you've ever had to track down?", "What's your preferred debugging techniques and tools? Print statements? Symbolic debuggers? Formal proofs?" and "As a programmer, do you consider yourself a scientist, an engineer, an artist, or a craftsman?".

on HN, 2014

I enjoy learning from the experienced, and Coders At Work is a fantastic walk through the recent history of computing, as told by those who walked through it.

on HN, 2014