16:[[42157034,{"by":"kaycebasques","descendants":18,"id":42157034,"kids":[42157407,42157136,42190616,42161884,42168353,42161579,42164813,42178664,42159322,42165239,42159222,42159315,42166124,42196541,42170191],"score":15,"text":"The Dream Machine is giving me a great appreciation of the time-sharing revolution and ARPANET. What else should I read? Any timeframe or topic is OK, so long as it's strongly related to the history of computing.","time":1731773030,"title":"Ask HN: Greatest books about the history of computing","type":"story"}],[40045866,{"by":"codingclaws","descendants":12,"id":40045866,"kids":[40046036,40046290,40060228,40046986,40074629],"score":9,"time":1713216673,"title":"Ask HN: Does it cost more to build an iOS app than a web app?","type":"story"}],[38632720,{"by":"akkad33","descendants":17,"id":38632720,"kids":[38769672,38633084,38634231,38634859,38640871,38633316,38634775,38649600,38648155],"score":25,"text":"I would like to have the competence to choose the right kind of technology for example like AWS lambda for different components of a software system","time":1702495109,"title":"Ask HN: How to get good at software system architecture","type":"story"}],[38232930,{"by":"dondraper36","descendants":25,"id":38232930,"kids":[38234527,38234233,38233658,38234093,38233949,38252651,38234487,38233911,38233998,38234593,38245871,38248950,38234372,38234755,38233932,38234296,38234474,38234262,38234257],"score":55,"text":"There have been multiple discussions of how the microservices movement did more harm than good, how a modular monolith can be a much better option.

I wish there was a comprehensive book (ideally) that is practical, pragmatic, doesn't advocate the use of microservices just because it is cool, etc.

Some books that are often recommended have "microservices" in their names which is a pretty bad start.

For example, I am thinking of how two services should communicate (I am unfortunately guilty of having more services that I really needed). There are multiple options and the choice depends on factors like synchronous vs asynchronous so I would like to read a detailed analysis of all tradeoffs and considerations. Ideally, from authors that really know what they're talking about.","time":1699726778,"title":"Ask HN: What are good books on SW architecture that don't sell microservices?","type":"story"}],[37766090,{"by":"ricberw","descendants":29,"id":37766090,"kids":[37767947,37776625,37767421,37786017,37776892,37766423,37782064,37772998,37777565,37791585,37775683,37782318,37777519,37788231,37788407],"score":14,"text":"Could also be any written content, like a blog post or an essay.","time":1696431389,"title":"Ask HN: What book has been most influential in your life?","type":"story"}],[37162210,{"by":"samanamp","descendants":37,"id":37162210,"kids":[37162726,37162478,37171180,37234085,37164217,37211369,37188678,37175003,37172194,37192093,37163817,37162436,37162626,37162988,37188711,37189551,37174300,37166342,37168023],"score":21,"text":"$17","time":1692282639,"title":"Ask HN: Bought a SaaS company, it's going down 2% per month","type":"story"}],[37077131,{"by":"nassimsoftware","descendants":43,"id":37077131,"kids":[37077631,37078140,37077755,37079328,37078183,37077572,37080644,37078362,37077926,37078804,37078687,37078175,37078178,37080284,37079046],"score":29,"text":"I have noticed that there is a lot of competition for frontend/full-stack jobs where the tech stack being used is JS based (JavaScript/TypeScript, Next.js, React, etc...).

In your opinion would developing a skillset in another programming languages like Java, C#, Golang or even going deeply on SQL would increase the likelihood of finding a job because of less saturation.

A related question : If you have experience working in a specific tech stack (programming language + specific frameworks) but want to target jobs involving another tech stack, how would you go about demonstrating competence on this new skillset in your CV?

Will adding personal projects with a Github repo do the trick?

EDIT : My question can be boiled down to if "is it even worth it to stay in JS anymore" and not "how do i become a well-rounded individual" like it has been understood by some commenters.","time":1691680123,"title":"Ask HN: Should I move away from JavaScript based skillset because of saturation?","type":"story"}],[37014728,{"by":"vocoded","descendants":3,"id":37014728,"kids":[37018380,37017173,37020766],"score":11,"text":"I manage engineering for a company that's grown from about a dozen people to around 70, more than half of which is in product and development. Our structure has evolved organically during that time, primarily centered on technology-based teams (mobile, web, backend, etc), however we recently pivoted to an interdisciplinary product-oriented model.\nIn the course of evaluating this change I was surprised by the lack of available reference points - there are numerous opinion pieces on org design, but real world examples are few and far between.\nThose of you in companies of 50-200, how is engineering structured? Is it effective? What would you change?","time":1691258394,"title":"Ask HN: Those in smaller tech companies, what's your org chart? Is it working?","type":"story"}],[36891592,{"by":"bartaxyz","descendants":8,"id":36891592,"kids":[36905961,36903275,36895249,36902792,36897627,36894789,36917838],"score":10,"text":"$18","time":1690454325,"title":"Ask HN: How to have impact as engineering manager to a senior engineering team?","type":"story"}],[36797949,{"by":"sneha1995","descendants":2,"id":36797949,"kids":[36798123,36803379],"score":4,"text":"Which book has had the strongest effect on how you make products? And why?

There's no single book I can recomment for building a poduct specifically. It requres understanding of your audience, needs, how the world functions, human psychology, etc. There are plantly you can pick to learn more in each direction.

I can recommend a book Shoe dog describing a product-centric approach of Nike's founder and his belief in what he was selling. Build something you belive in and and would use yourself. If you will love it there's likely somebody else in the world you would find it irreplacable too.","time":1689840091,"title":"Which book has had the strongest effect on how you make products? And why?","type":"story"}],[36772568,{"by":"noob_eng","descendants":11,"id":36772568,"kids":[36773445,36773231,36783037,36778828,36773236,36772605,36776026,36776430,36780472,36776595,36773054],"score":9,"text":"Do goal setting and writing down plans really work in turning around one's life for the good?

Has it worked for you? How?","time":1689689515,"title":"Ask HN: Is it possible to make turn around your life by proper planning?","type":"story"}],[36644944,{"by":"uptownfunk","descendants":10,"id":36644944,"kids":[36645352,36646155,36666019,36646753,36646659,36654460,36659251,36672959,36645219],"score":3,"text":"Less about the subject and more about the exposition. Trying relearn how to write, looking for good examples.","time":1688827723,"title":"Ask HN: What are the best Well-Written Books?","type":"story"}],[36603529,{"by":"gautamsomani","descendants":5,"id":36603529,"kids":[36603603,36604417,36606479],"score":4,"text":"I really enjoyed reading this book, and it gave me new perspective to look from at my org, and even my own work, official and personal. In fact I am re-reading the book to re-evaluate my personal way of working which is not very efficient and I want to improve a lot.

I am going to read THE GOAL, THE UNICORN PROJECT and BUY THE TOYOTA WAY next.

Apart from these books, are there any more books would you recommend to read for sure to learn more? I am not just looking at IT Domain, can be any business/domain.","time":1688577210,"title":"Ask HN: Books Similar to the Phoenix Project","type":"story"}],[35723545,{"by":"newsoul","descendants":11,"id":35723545,"kids":[35724838,35730866,35728141,35728817,35726626,35724470,35733210,35737194,35740630,35727883,35724503],"score":20,"time":1682572177,"title":"Ask HN: Which is the most useful book you've read whose lessons you still use?","type":"story"}],[35154057,{"by":"momojo","descendants":4,"id":35154057,"kids":[35154550,35163192,35172624,35163575,35156022],"score":10,"text":"As a young software engineer who's interested in leading a project in the future, are there any good resources for diving in at a beginner's level? Preferably a book, not an entire course. But any suggestions are welcome","time":1678811236,"title":"Any good resources for learning Software Project Management?","type":"story"}],[34499090,{"by":"kunjank","descendants":2,"id":34499090,"kids":[34505783,34503426],"score":5,"text":"Hello,

I enjoyed this course content http://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/econ/econ285/econ285.1046/coursework/syllabus.html

Do you have any other recommendations for marketplaces, 2-sided marketplaces, network effects etc?

Thank you very much!","time":1674533211,"title":"Ask HN: Best Courses/Books for Marketplace Design?","type":"story"}],[33763717,{"by":"corentin88","descendants":17,"id":33763717,"kids":[33766197,33764756,33766120,33764325,33764080,33763855,33764401,33767599,33764300,33764633,33766388,33765036,33765258],"score":14,"time":1669564366,"title":"Ask HN: What's your best clean code tip?","type":"story"}],[33725616,{"by":"default-user","descendants":4,"id":33725616,"kids":[33726322,33730644,33726428,33737377],"score":6,"text":"Hello HN,

I would love to hear your recommendations on books about the history of the internet.

The topic is broad and vague, but I'd generally be interested in the different protocols, key people, how it was used throughout time, browsers even, and whatever else that you think might be related.

I am not in CS/IT (I'm an academic scientist) so it wouldn't have to be overly technical, but I do appreciate some detail.

Many thanks!","time":1669244408,"title":"Ask HN: Book recommendations about the history of the internet","type":"story"}],[33517347,{"by":"mike128","descendants":4,"id":33517347,"kids":[33517697,33517856,33534151,33518025],"score":3,"text":"$19","time":1667898514,"title":"Recommended books about tech company growing pains","type":"story"}],[33519009,{"by":"christudor","descendants":9,"id":33519009,"kids":[33522445,33526138,33520910,33519292,33542952,33520521,33545448],"score":34,"text":"I'm halfway through John Gall's Systemantics and have been really enjoying it.

What might I move on to next?

I think I'm more interested in the real-world applications of systems theory (e.g. how we might go about fixing a massively complicated system like the NHS) than anything purely mathematical, though understand there's probably quite a lot of overlap here.

Thanks!","time":1667916178,"title":"Ask HN: Best Books on Systems Theory?","type":"story"}],[33422129,{"by":"whoishiring","descendants":628,"id":33422129,"kids":[33423063,33422961,33422509,33422576,33424570,33424671,33422653,33423029,33426673,33423600,33422747,33423674,33424827,33427994,33422167,33426258,33423469,33431020,33424503,33422222,33424445,33423496,33422144,33431507,33427415,33423547,33423372,33427398,33442394,33439877,33422318,33551401,33425581,33429205,33489019,33423326,33422607,33429232,33431150,33429178,33424303,33426074,33422592,33425992,33423728,33511286,33433136,33423866,33423230,33423917,33430923,33422807,33422791,33422587,33422620,33461052,33427237,33423627,33422591,33426280,33424038,33422186,33427593,33423188,33422348,33423700,33429184,33422665,33431699,33423986,33434327,33422881,33426763,33425580,33424883,33455538,33424176,33425304,33567403,33427930,33424282,33450669,33425976,33484130,33422564,33429919,33423854,33422935,33432150,33430888,33424367,33472124,33423921,33423036,33431406,33428540,33425849,33424864,33512956,33426976,33426384,33423561,33522854,33434320,33424529,33424614,33435434,33426686,33422230,33436176,33433710,33424102,33536230,33428127,33585830,33439362,33455526,33427491,33514811,33424238,33424237,33478928,33507319,33430261,33423683,33423174,33422911,33426129,33467194,33425256,33431122,33422679,33423662,33424390,33422976,33534929,33427785,33423970,33424474,33468360,33443185,33471118,33539209,33429816,33434035,33454989,33509846,33424233,33517257,33423138,33436294,33425385,33432338,33449989,33425838,33424957,33425892,33423443,33560480,33422160,33423417,33423388,33423081,33499532,33424152,33426857,33458758,33423995,33451888,33424490,33470798,33426992,33425010,33511349,33422300,33422172,33422208,33455890,33563604,33427163,33425877,33428345,33426289,33428547,33435696,33425090,33509543,33430808,33422979,33424275,33422510,33426598,33430117,33427215,33450635,33423568,33433438,33424240,33430196,33424571,33423367,33422219,33555010,33427446,33422746,33426021,33459237,33425903,33427248,33449468,33436470,33422549,33426381,33430454,33424790,33422248,33437960,33426842,33456944,33423582,33558554,33430684,33429719,33425482,33444844,33484017,33471653,33440482,33461469,33423040,33422699,33471775,33422281,33431375,33436860,33428049,33424778,33422869,33432522,33422952,33430556,33427413,33520514,33423792,33423910,33429746,33447479,33424729,33423624,33441288,33423262,33457561,33455532,33443168,33424168,33433553,33423337,33423621,33422171,33425756,33424379,33422820,33465863,33426919,33422346,33422597,33428118,33450912,33439265,33423796,33436473,33425599,33447232,33437995,33453659,33432805,33425109,33423261,33603217,33424140,33436998,33443740,33424097,33425487,33454671,33429296,33428465,33428142,33598542,33508695,33427501,33422965,33424232,33424170,33423415,33423803,33436832,33428206,33423014,33452761,33442048,33426590,33425544,33423448,33522750,33429648,33422887,33430641,33427414,33423840,33422957,33424222,33447869,33430671,33424809,33422500,33435657,33423434,33423016,33439096,33424563,33592794,33422583,33427778,33433467,33550158,33550146,33423003,33432691,33422575,33422456,33423915,33429013,33425194,33426319,33431358,33422133,33429270,33425522,33431735,33423105,33464598,33422692,33423520,33422351,33514237,33434595,33426134,33448533,33428478,33425490,33470873,33422694,33423860,33423383,33424834,33422652,33422550,33424682,33429238,33506393,33426791,33423934,33426738,33425089,33428914,33428047,33426425,33441896,33425699,33423719,33426048,33426113,33423570,33422526,33594541,33429925,33471098,33426710,33426385,33521292,33422538,33442089,33428393,33436414,33425680,33430362,33429243,33508519,33423541,33437433,33426448,33422858,33524164,33427044,33424638,33469423,33425029,33422458,33429320,33507169,33454398,33424136,33549016,33426410,33422141,33427053,33434109,33423345,33431396,33423089,33423268,33520124,33423842,33425755,33510494,33422334,33428384,33425349,33422169,33431369,33426779,33551412,33422203,33444229,33437792,33516692,33426851,33425802,33522737,33422453,33425246,33423031,33426293,33424936,33423265,33427580,33423699,33428782,33438864,33430757,33425074,33561501,33436390,33435716,33426254,33426009,33427153,33455485,33427709,33422408,33423067,33428336,33513457,33438764,33426038,33449757,33432148,33427445,33425826,33448847,33427614,33462356,33436716,33427835,33424452,33424677,33424426,33423450,33432260,33423798,33559060,33427321,33432497,33423427,33430404,33423093,33429310,33422552,33426910,33424754,33427158,33536131,33425155,33431840,33427056,33435812,33433831,33446055,33424842,33553286,33424458,33426128,33432828,33530637,33423723,33512723,33432494,33422828,33424429,33423227,33428815,33458470,33437218,33423237,33433439,33501166,33428003,33425427,33422647,33422263,33431889,33548212,33423394,33423567,33453934,33427946,33434745,33423088,33582468,33515025,33471272,33471106,33453867,33436180,33430439,33428828,33428530,33427303,33425259,33424861,33424635,33423640,33422926,33422778,33422328,33435505,33423943,33422146,33426642,33422586,33425602,33438089,33437587,33431831,33450035,33426991,33425710,33425156,33423519,33423142,33425676,33426159,33436383,33431785],"score":300,"text":"$1a","time":1667314843,"title":"Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)","type":"story"}],[33384394,{"by":"DeathArrow","descendants":16,"id":33384394,"kids":[33392557,33390413,33386575,33393976,33394839,33385770,33386932,33399863,33392397,33387894,33393153,33386700,33387670,33384469],"score":37,"text":"What are some technical books that changed the way you think, brought you to a much better understanding of an idea or you think are quintessential for every software developer?

I am trying to find some books to help me improve.","time":1667054333,"title":"Ask HN: Tech books every developer must read","type":"story"}],[30388333,{"by":"71a54xd","descendants":84,"id":30388333,"kids":[30388952,30389117,30388785,30388811,30389286,30389166,30388371,30388878,30388955,30388730,30388700,30390248,30389246,30388754,30389240,30388804,30389179,30389362,30389926,30389088,30388998,30389235,30389280,30389260],"score":42,"text":"$1b","time":1645204299,"title":"Ask HN: Are CO salary disclosure laws affecting remote work opportunities?","type":"story"}],[30380663,{"by":"valzam","descendants":2,"id":30380663,"kids":[30380758,30381851],"score":7,"text":"I am reconsidering my setup for reading technical books in the most efficient (i.e. knowledge retaining) way. I am wondering what other people on HN do.

I normally read books on my kindle but this doesn't work for technical books with graphics and the need to go back/forth between pages. Normally when I know I won't be implementing anything I will use my iPad to read a PDF, but I've found that reading technical books without keeping notes isn't very useful. This means my laptop would be the best way to read and write down notes, but I would rather not sit at my desk even more than I already do.","time":1645143459,"title":"Ask HN: How do you read technical books?","type":"story"}],[30249611,{"by":"cryoz","descendants":27,"id":30249611,"kids":[30249762,30250015,30250527,30258942,30255517,30250302,30254951,30253400,30254298,30249679,30254060,30250922,30265480,30264111,30249853,30254790,30251229,30255773],"score":24,"text":"Have you read any books that you consider to have changed the course of your life or radically altered your way of thinking?","time":1644261440,"title":"Ask HN: What books have you read that have changed your life?","type":"story"}],[29994474,{"by":"tinyhouse","descendants":18,"id":29994474,"kids":[29995746,29997053,29999299,29994674,29994919,29994745,29994836,30006953,30021912,29998968,30002252,29997004,30000651,29997042,29995128],"score":43,"text":"I've recently started managing a very big team for the first time. I'm still trying to figure out a good model. Daily stand-ups? What to focus on in weekly meetings? How to make the most from retrospective? In a previous team I found the stand-ups very boring as it was mostly for the manager and not for us, as people on the team worked on different things.

Also, what's a typical path going from a team manager (EM1) to senior manager (EM2)? What are the things I should focus on to show I'm ready for managing managers? (I understand it can take a few years)","time":1642604727,"title":"Ask HN: Tips for Engineering Manager","type":"story"}],[29931816,{"by":"Tim25659","descendants":27,"id":29931816,"kids":[29932343,29934875,29933129,29932370,29938475,29941387,29936849,29933468,29939422,29932454,29940541,29935060],"score":64,"text":"if I don't have hands on experience on designing large scale applications How can I be good at it? Any open source projects for the same or the books/videos..Thanks","time":1642148389,"title":"How to become good at system design?","type":"story"}],[29606421,{"by":"kashnikov2","descendants":2,"id":29606421,"kids":[29608250,29610110],"score":8,"text":"I’m in the preliminary planning stages of starting a new software development company and wanted to see if any of you nice folks had suggestions or tips for doing so?","time":1639848670,"title":"Ask HN: Tips and suggestions for starting a software development firm?","type":"story"}]]

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