A great, new book “Observability Engineering” came out very recently and I had to jump on reading it. Since it is very closely related to my work, I devoured the pages and read the book in about a day (505 pages). While doing so I wrote down some thoughts that I want to share with you today. They might or might not be true, I am only speaking about the book from my own perspective. Feel free to share your own thoughts! ...
Intro 2018 is coming to a close and so I thought that it would be a good idea to again look back on the books that I have read in 2018 and to share what books I have liked the most with my readers. I will mark the most liked books in bold like Aaron Swartz did in his lists. Also, I will expand a bit under the books which I liked the most and which are kind of controversial. ...
Programmers and IT people are often shunned for being shy, timid, fearful, or just in general - we are being thought of someone who have no social (soft) skills. If you can in any way identify with this sentiment - you definitely would be rewarded deeply for reading this book and implementing the suggested tips in your own life. But let us start at the beginning - who is the author, who is he known for, and so on, and then I will tell you why you should deliciously digest this book. ...