Books

This is a short list of some of the books that have influenced my thinking over the years.

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom Demarco & Timothy Lister

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Dates: 1987, 1999 (2nd), and 2013 (3rd)

"I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It is the one thing every software manager needs to read… not just once, but once a year."

-- Joel Spolsky, Co-founder, Stack Overflow

Building Object Applications That Really Work

by Scott W. Ambler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (originally SIGS Books)

Publication Date: 1998

This is book where I learned about the 30-second rule: if another developer can't understand your function within 30 seconds, it is too complicated.

Sadly, it seems to be out of print.

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication date: September 30, 2025

Edition: 2nd

Clean Code: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

by Robert C. Martin

Publisher: Pearson

Publication date: September 10, 2017

Edition: 1st

Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design

by Scott Millett & Nick Tune

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication date: May 4, 2015

Edition: 1st

I'll admit that I never read the original Domain-Driven Design book by Eric Evans. This book, though, was excellent in covering all the topics.

Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design

by Sam Newman

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication date: 2015

Edition: 1st

Great book covering the challenges of building microservices.