“Brain refactor” book review
Reading Time: 2 minutesCan you actually treat your brain as a piece of code? Can we actually refactor our thinking, making us better programmers? Let’s find out. Brain refactor – what does it even mean? The book I am reviewing today caught my attention, after I heard an interview with its author – Dagna Bieda – in the
Valuable links #21 – The best programmer I know
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Weekly summary #17
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of the seventeenth week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. Interviewing started. Overall summary From the technical perspective, this week was concentrated around two concepts – SQL and Python. For the SQL I mentioned some time ago, I am participating in a PostgreSQL administration course. Not to gain that much practical skills, but to expand my
“Java concurrency in practice” book review
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Java concurrency in practice” is considered to be “the evergreen book”. Is it? Here is my take on it from the perspective of the year 2024. Archeology of concurrency in practice? The book itself was published in 2006. That’s almost twenty years ago! In the introduction (and I got 13th print!) the authors claim that
Monthly summary #4
Reading Time: 2 minutesThat was a real rollercoaster for me this month. I went from passing certs, through the actual flood during my holidays, to slow recuperation at home with long-standing to-do reading. Here’s a short monthly summary of what I have done in September. Monthly summary AWS I have covered this topic extensively in the previous monthly
Weekly summary #16
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of the sixteenth week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. Reading, reading, reading with a cherry of rest on top. Overall summary This week was concentrated around two books that were long on my to-read list – “Java concurrency in practice” and “A philosophy of software design”. Both are seen as classics, and the fact that
“Philosophy of software design” book review
Reading Time: 6 minutes“Philosophy of software design” by John Oousterhout is not a new book. Both in terms of its publication (2018 and 2nd print in 2021), and my awareness of its existence. I saw recommendations from multiple people, that this is a “must read” book. Is it? Here is my opinion on that matter. Software design –