Generalist IT specialist. Makes the simple out of the complex.
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When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed …
Well-written. Covers everything you need, from data modeling to monitoring. The only important thing missing there is how to work with database schema changes.
It's a great book if you're interested in wide-column databases.
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the …
How to turn the wheel of Samsara several times in life, but ultimately listen to the river.
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy …
I was caught by the title and it proved to be correct. The book unveils deeply ingrained but incorrect patterns in our work language. It also shows better ways to deal with normal and extreme situations at work. The main example of this book is SS El Faro, a cargo ship lost at sea. The entire crew was lost too.
From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: …
Badly written. A quarter of the book is a pompous attempt to sell the book itself. The rest is an attempt to structure the tools of thought that are natural to any educated person. By tools, I mean Occam's razor, inversion, and the like. The best there is some quotes from smart people.
