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2021-12-26 · 95 points · 30 comments · 6 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 8

    Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Martin Kleppmann

    8 here · 104 all-time · #24 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 5,595 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    Crafting Interpreters

    Robert Nystrom

    2 here · 32 all-time · #175 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 734 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

    Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

    Mary Shaw and David Garlan

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2621 overall

  4. 1

    The Pragmatic Programmer

    Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

    1 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Team Topologies

    Team Topologies

    Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1251 overall

  6. 1Database Internals

    Database Internals

    Alex Petrov

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1335 overall