Tidy First?
A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
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Kent Beck
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Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.
Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book lets you try out a few examples that make sense for your problem. If you have a big function containing many lines of code, you'll learn how to logically divide it into smaller chunks. Along the way, you'll learn the theory behind software design: coupling, cohesion, discounted cash flows, and optionality. This book helps you:
- Understand the basic theory of how software design works and the forces that act on it
- Explore the difference between changes to a system's behavior and changes to its structure
- Improve your programming experience by sometimes tidying first and sometimes tidying after
- Learn how to make large changes in small, safe steps
- Approach software design as an exercise in human relationships
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- Narrated by: Theodore O'Brien
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures. Through clear examples and practical advice, author Sam Newman gives everyone from architects and developers to testers and IT operators a firm grounding in the concepts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Understand
- By Anonymous User on 04-27-22
By: Sam Newman
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition
- By: Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
- Narrated by: Michael Rutland
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A dated classic that is hard to get through
- By Donald on 12-26-24
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Site Reliability Engineering
- How Google Runs Production Systems
- By: Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, and others
- Narrated by: Liz Porter
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. You’ll learn the principles and practices that enable Google engineers to make systems more scalable, reliable, and efficient - lessons directly applicable to your organization.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Google propaganda
- By Andreas Andersen on 03-30-22
By: Betsy Beyer, and others
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Software Engineering at Google
- Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
- By: Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright
- Narrated by: Mark Sando
- Length: 23 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 173
How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its life? Based on their experience at Google, software engineers Titus Winters and Hyrum Wright, along with technical writer Tom Manshreck, present a candid and insightful look at how some of the world’s leading practitioners construct and maintain software. This book covers Google’s unique engineering culture, processes, and tools and how these aspects contribute to the effectiveness of an engineering organization.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not useful
- By Andreas Andersen on 07-21-21
By: Titus Winters, and others
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The Staff Engineer's Path
- A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
- By: Tanya Reilly
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills. This in-depth book shows you how to understand your role, manage your time, master strategic thinking, and set the standard for technical work.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for all engineers
- By Dan H on 05-27-24
By: Tanya Reilly
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Monolith to Microservices
- Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith
- By: Sam Newman
- Narrated by: Mitchell Dorian
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
How do you detangle a monolithic system and migrate it to a microservice architecture? How do you do it while maintaining business-as-usual? As a companion to Sam Newman’s extremely popular Building Microservices, this new book details a proven method for transitioning an existing monolithic system to a microservice architecture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good, but could be better
- By Uri Simhony on 04-11-21
By: Sam Newman
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook
- Navigating Senior, Tech Lead, and Staff Engineer Positions at Tech Companies and Startups
- By: Gergely Orosz
- Narrated by: Nikola Hamilton
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
This audiobook is a summary of the advice I’ve given to software engineers over the years–and then some more. This audiobook follows the structure of a “typical” career path for a software engineer, from starting out as a fresh-faced software developer, through being a role model senior/lead, all the way to the staff/principle/distinguished level. It summarizes what I’ve learned as a developer and how I’ve approached coaching engineers at different stages of their careers.
By: Gergely Orosz
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Data Mesh
- Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale
- By: Zhamak Dehghani
- Narrated by: Zura Johnson
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
We're at an inflection point in data, where our data management solutions no longer match the complexity of organizations, the proliferation of data sources, and the scope of our aspirations to get value from data with AI and analytics. In this practical book, Zhamak Dehghani introduces data mesh, a decentralized sociotechnical paradigm drawn from modern distributed architecture that provides a new approach to sourcing, sharing, accessing, and managing analytical data at scale.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Better Reference Text than an audiobook
- By Amazon Customer on 05-25-25
By: Zhamak Dehghani
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering
- Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
- By: Joe Reis, Matt Housley
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for Hands on Business owners
- By LmL on 08-14-24
By: Joe Reis, and others
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture
- An Engineering Approach
- By: Mark Richards, Neal Ford
- Narrated by: Benjamin Lange
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 226
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics. Mark Richards and Neal Ford—hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years—focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helpful but business-centric
- By A.N. on 03-25-21
By: Mark Richards, and others
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Clean Architecture
- A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design
- By: Robert C. Martin
- Narrated by: Theodore O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 219
Clean Architecture is an essential book for every current or aspiring software architect, systems analyst, system designer, and software manager - and for every programmer who must execute someone else’s designs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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good book, missing accompanying pdf
- By ^-^ on 03-29-23
By: Robert C. Martin
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The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition
- How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations
- By: Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and others
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 148
This award-winning and best-selling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies! Over the last five years, The DevOps Handbook has been the definitive guide for taking the successes laid out in the best-selling The Phoenix Project and applying them in any organization. Now, with this fully updated and expanded edition, it’s time to take DevOps out of the IT department and apply it across the full business.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Atrocious
- By Anonymous User on 05-25-22
By: Gene Kim, and others
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Becoming a Data Head
- How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning
- By: Alex J. Gutman, Jordan Goldmeier
- Narrated by: Brian Arens
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Becoming a Data Head is a complete guide for data science in the workplace: covering everything from the personalities you’ll work with to the math behind the algorithms. The authors have spent years in data trenches and sought to create a fun, approachable, and eminently bingeable book. Anyone can become a Data Head—an active participant in data science, statistics, and machine learning. Whether you're a business professional, engineer, executive, or aspiring data scientist, this book is for you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best data science manual ever written
- By Jordan on 08-29-24
By: Alex J. Gutman, and others
I've been thinking about coupling for a long time (shorter than Kent by far). But a lonesome voice calling out isn't worth ad much as a lonesome voice calling out and referring to book written by Kent Beck.
I just wished Kent read them himself. The reader is great! But Kent's tonality is a bit more striking. Aggressive, but warm.
Great bookbut wished Kent read it
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The performance, voice, reading, is also actually quite good, clear, understandable, ... again, nothing wrong with it.
Except for the fact that the content just doesn't lend itself to be listened to. Too many "parentheses open", "... close", ... read out loud code doesn't work 🙈 (of course, this might be just me)
so, do yourself 2 favors, skip this audio book... and buy the printed version, as it is really good (I've already ordered a paper version)
do yourself a favor and skip the audio book
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