Tough (and great) question. Recently it's Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. It gave me confidence to stop hiding -- it's the reason I joined Dev.to. Even the title is inspiring.
And I second/third/fourth The Pragmatic Programmer. The first programming book I properly read, and still the best.
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Nice i read a older copy 6 or 8 years ago and i always wanted to buy one after i had loan it from the library.
So now it was a good chance to get it.
When i heard it in "Test & Code" episode that they had released a new edition and this lead me to crowd source the book with 3 others to have it delivered to Singapore to reduce on the delivery cost of the book.
Tough (and great) question. Recently it's Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. It gave me confidence to stop hiding -- it's the reason I joined Dev.to. Even the title is inspiring.
And I second/third/fourth The Pragmatic Programmer. The first programming book I properly read, and still the best.
Nice i read a older copy 6 or 8 years ago and i always wanted to buy one after i had loan it from the library.
So now it was a good chance to get it.
When i heard it in "Test & Code" episode that they had released a new edition and this lead me to crowd source the book with 3 others to have it delivered to Singapore to reduce on the delivery cost of the book.
Who read it first?
I credit Pragmatic Programmer for making me question the purpose of everything. Which is a weird thing to say about a software development book ...