Book Notes
Book Notes: Accelerate
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Tom Hombergs
- May 15, 2020
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you want to know what makes software teams (and their companies) successful you need arguments for moving towards DevOps you are interested in the science behind a survey Book Facts Title: Accelerate Authors: Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim Word Count: ~ 55.
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Book Notes: The Nature of Software Development
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Tom Hombergs
- April 1, 2020
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you’re a manager, you don’t know much about software development and want to learn about agile software development you haven’t worked in an agile manner before and want to know the key methods you have worked in an agile manner before and want some re-affirmation that you’re doing the right thing Book Facts Title: The Nature of Software Development Author: Ron Jeffries Word Count: ~ 20.
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Book Notes: Mindset
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Tom Hombergs
- February 25, 2020
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you always wanted to know what your HR people mean when they say “we should all have a growth mindset” you are looking for a shift of your mindset towards learning you want to read stories about important people and what effects their mindset have on their environments Book Facts Title: Mindset Author: Carol S.
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Book Review: Atomic Habits
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Tom Hombergs
- January 18, 2020
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you want to raise your awareness of your habits you are looking for a framework to help in starting or stopping habits you enjoy real-world stories about habits Overview {% include book-link.
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Book Review: Clean Code
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Tom Hombergs
- November 19, 2019
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you’re new to programming and want to learn some coding best practices you’re a coding veteran and want to confirm your own coding best practices you met a “Clean Code” fanatic and want to check out if the book really is as black-and-white as they are preaching (this was my main reason to read it) Overview I guess {% include book-link.
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Book Review: Shape Up
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Tom Hombergs
- September 11, 2019
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you want to know how Basecamp builds software with bets instead of estimation you are interested in an agile process beyond Scrum & Co.
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