Carl Brown (Internet of Bugs) Shares His Favorite Books

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In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carl Brown (of the YouTube channel Internet of Bugs) joins Carter and Nathan to share some of his favorite books! Carl is incredibly well read and shares which books have influenced him over his very impressive 35 year career. https://www.youtube.com/@UCfJRkBBiPtKZyZn_3PxWaiQ 00:00 Intro 02:17 How did Internet of Bugs come to be? 06:03 Why still read tech books? 08:32 Mythical Man-Month 14:40 Philosophy of Software Design, TCL/TK, 25:56 Advanced Programming in Unix and TCP/IP Illustrated 32:32 How important is it to be well-versed in Unix? 42:27 Freelance, Business, and Consulting book recommendations 52:57 Lightning Round: Managing your programming career, philosophy, and general advice 01:02:34 Final Thoughts -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---- App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success by Carl Brown https://amzn.to/4cNNxYD The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Jr. https://amzn.to/4dPBiwa A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition by John Ousterhout https://amzn.to/4e5fiwJ Tcl and the Tk Toolkit 1st Edition by John K. Ousterhout https://amzn.to/47cUh14 Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment by W. Richard Stevens https://amzn.to/4dJaNbB TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols by W. Richard Stevens https://amzn.to/477ae97 {Carl says Volumes 2 and 3 are great, too} Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet (2nd Edition) Subsequent Edition by Adrian Cockcroft, Richard Pettit https://amzn.to/3AZIMhe (paid link) Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live by Daniel H. Pink https://amzn.to/47d7AOZ (paid link) The Computer Consultant's Guide: Real-Life Strategies for Building a Successful Consulting Career 2nd Edition by Janet Ruhl https://amzn.to/4cS5XaO (paid link) Getting Started in Consulting by Alan Weiss https://amzn.to/3Mwd1iI (paid link) The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas https://amzn.to/4cSoiUW (paid link) The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition: Your Journey to Mastery by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt, et al. https://amzn.to/4dMdAkm (paid link) My Job Went to India (and All I Got Was This Lousy Book): 52 Ways to Save Your Job (Pragmatic Programmers) 1st Edition by Chad Fowler https://amzn.to/3XsYD0U (paid link) Programming Perl by Tom Christiansen, Randal L. Schwartz, et al. https://amzn.to/3Xrvseo (paid link) Speed Reading: Third Edition by Tony Buzan https://amzn.to/3TgGDnY (paid link) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey and Jim Collins https://amzn.to/4e9dSRU (paid link) Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug https://amzn.to/3TeLExg (paid link) Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners by C. J. Date https://amzn.to/4dYmfzQ (paid link) Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming by Joe Celko https://amzn.to/3TenQcP (paid link) Problem Frames and Methods: Analysing and Structuring Software Development Problems by Michael A. Jackson https://amzn.to/3TcyOzw (paid link) Learning to Classify Text Using Support Vector Machines 2nd Edition by Thorsten Joachims https://amzn.to/4ebcuyt (paid link) Driving Technical Change: Why People On Your Team Don't Act On Good Ideas, and How to Convince Them They Should by Terrence Ryan https://amzn.to/4gaZdru (paid link) Understanding Deep Learning by Simon J.D. Prince https://amzn.to/3XbJVtz (paid link) MENTIONED, BUT NOT REALLY DISCUSSED and NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDED: ---- Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann Mcdowell https://amzn.to/3yTJBI1 (paid link) Clean Code by Robert C. Martin https://amzn.to/3XlTuHD (paid link) Pitch Perfect: The Art of Promoting Your App on the Web by Erica Sadun and Steve Sande https://amzn.to/477aDZb (paid link) Videos and Creators Mentioned in the Podcast --- - Grace Hopper NSA Lecture (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9iqF5uTFk - 3Blue1Brown https://www.youtube.com/@UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw - YouTube discussion of Understanding Deep Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXn4Cl4oww --- Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325 X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's newsletter https://rojoroboto.com/newletter --- 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