Making a Dent in the Universe - ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Join them as they each share their five favorite "proverbs" the book has to offer!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanssonhttps://amzn.to/43vgO7T (paid link)Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrovhttps://amzn.to/4mwuAzP (paid link)Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newporthttps://amzn.to/43bW06q (paid link)Thinking in System by Donella H. Meadowshttps://amzn.to/43xYATl (paid link)Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhouthttps://amzn.to/43xYCdV (paid link)Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (https://amzn.to/3F94ZfD (paid link)Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson https://amzn.to/3SQlakS (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro01:50 About the Book and Authors05:00 Initial Thoughts on the Book14:20 Top 5 Favorite Chapters Discussion15:00 Tone is in Your Fingers - Tools vs Skills19:00 Anti-Workaholism Philosophy22:32 Focus on What Won't Change27:14 Make a Dent in the Universe33:24 Interruption is the Enemy of Productivity39:59 Go to Sleep - The Importance of Rest46:58 Say No by Default51:35 Welcome Obscurity - Private Launches56:12 Scratch Your Own Itch - Build What You Need1:01:04 How to Say You're Sorry - Proper Apologies1:04:42 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io
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Coordination in Distributed Systems - Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov
In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the second half of Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov! Join them as they discuss the mutexes, semaphores, the reactor pattern, and more!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrovhttps://amzn.to/3GRbnby (paid link)----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io
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Basics of Concurrency - Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov
In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the first half of Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov! Join them as they discuss the basic building blocks of concurrency, how concurrency has evolved over time, and how building concurrent applications can increase performance!Go Proverbs: https://go-proverbs.github.io/-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrovhttps://amzn.to/3GRbnby (paid link)Web Scalability for Startup Engineers by Artur Ejsmonthttps://amzn.to/3F1VWwF (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro02:07 About the Book and Author03:35 Initial Thoughts on the Book09:12 What is Concurrency vs Parallelism12:35 CPUs and Moore's Law22:19 IO Performance, Embarrassingly Parallel and Conway's Law28:25 Building Blocks of Concurrency: Processes and Threads33:05 Memory Sharing vs Communicating39:13 Multitasking and Context Switching45:24 Task Decomposition and Data Pipelines52:35 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io
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Graduate Algorithms and Georgia Tech OMSCS
In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan take some time to debrief Georgia Tech's famously difficult Graduate Algorithms course, which Carter just passed! As alumni of the OMSCS program, Carter and Nathan discuss why they chose to pursue the degree, how the course has changed over time due to the improvements in LLMs, and how algorithmic thinking can benefit you as a software engineer!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io
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High-Leverage Thinking for Engineers - Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows
This week Carter and Nathan read Donella Meadows’ Thinking in Systems. A foundational primer on systems thinking, the book explores how stocks, flows, feedback loops, and leverage points shape everything from ecosystems to organizations. Join them as they discuss how systems thinking applies to software engineering, the hidden structures behind burnout and tech debt, and how to make high-leverage changes in complex systems.-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows https://amzn.to/4cMB35k (paid link)Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Kent Beck https://amzn.to/3RoB9pR (paid link)Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowlerhttps://amzn.to/43Wqk5Q (paid link)Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach by Mark Richards and Neal Fordhttps://amzn.to/3Y7CNjk (paid link)One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein by Whitney Alyse Webbhttps://amzn.to/3RsMt4f (paid link)Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newporthttps://amzn.to/3EH8MAe (paid link)The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Navigating Senior, Tech Lead, and Staff Engineer Positions at Tech Companies and Startups by Gergely Oroszhttps://amzn.to/3ExwPSa (paid link)What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram https://amzn.to/4iuSUim (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro 01:41 About the Book03:43 Thoughts on the Book08:07 Covering the Foundations and Defining Terms16:36 Feedback loops22:31 Overconfidence and why models lead us astray.35:56 Paradigms and Framing49:30 Leverage Points01:02:04 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io
In a world of short-form content, it's important to engage with long-form ideas. Book Overflow is a podcast created for software engineers, by software engineers to discuss the best technical books in the world. Join co-hosts Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups each week as they discuss a new technical book! New episodes every Monday!
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