Book Summaries

Apr
07
Book Summary: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly

Book Summary: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly

TLDR: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly helps define the role of staff engineer and provides a plan
6 min read
Jan
22
Book Summary: Staff Engineer - Leadership Beyond the Management Track

Book Summary: Staff Engineer - Leadership Beyond the Management Track

TLDR: Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track by Will Larson demystifies what a Staff Engineer does. Through numerous interviews
5 min read
Sep
06
Clean Code means Coding Without the Bullshit

Clean Code means Coding Without the Bullshit

TLDR: Writing Clean Code Without the Bullshit means treating our code reviewer’s time as more important than our own.
3 min read
Feb
05
Book Summary: Writing Without Bullshit

Book Summary: Writing Without Bullshit

TLDR: Level up your career by improving this one skill. Learn the iron imperative – treat the reader’s time as
4 min read
Oct
02
Book Summary: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Book Summary: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

TLDR: Data-Intensive applications should be reliable, scalable, and maintainable.  A big challenge is understanding the tradeoffs to pick the right
4 min read