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This list was last updated in March 2015. Why are updates to my reading list so rare? Because computers change a lot in 10 years, but people don't. To make better software, you need to understand how people work, and that is what the books I recommend tend to focus

💡 This list was last updated September 2025 . Why are updates to my reading list so rare? Because computers change a lot in 10 years, but people don’t. To make better software, you need to understand how people work, and that is what the books I recommend tend to focus on. Code Complete 2 Code Complete 2 Steve McConnell’s Code Complete 2 is the Joy of Cooking for software developers . Reading it means that you enjoy your work, you’re serious about what you do, and you want to keep improving. In Code Complete, Steve notes that the average programmer reads less than one technical book per year.

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