Really liked it
5 stars
Solid book, good advice.
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Generalist IT specialist. Makes the simple out of the complex.
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Sergey Machulskis reviewed A Faint Heart by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Under the same roof in the same flat on the same fourth storey lived two …
It was ok
4 stars
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Software Architect Elevator by Gregor Hohpe
Being an architect is no longer about drawing UML diagrams and studying architectural styles. Rather, …
Really liked it
5 stars
It's a revised version of "37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation" which was very impressive.
It's a revised version of "37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation" which was very impressive.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Teams That Work by Scott Tannenbaum
Really liked it
4 stars
Good summary of research on the topic. Learned some new concepts like "team transactional memory". Learned that quality communication is much more important than a lot of communication. Learned that going to a bar together and doing similar "team building" activities don't reflect team performance at all.
-1 for US-centric examples and strange text structure.
Good summary of research on the topic. Learned some new concepts like "team transactional memory". Learned that quality communication is much more important than a lot of communication. Learned that going to a bar together and doing similar "team building" activities don't reflect team performance at all.
-1 for US-centric examples and strange text structure.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Database Internals by Alex Petrov
When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. …
Really liked it
5 stars
This is a peak into complexity of modern databases. The narrative is disjointed sometimes, but overall it's a good overview of database internals. I didn't quite like the first part of the book (B-trees, LSM-trees and such), but the second part about distributed systems and their problems was very solid.
Good refresher for anybody who read DDIA and almost forgot what it was about.
This is a peak into complexity of modern databases. The narrative is disjointed sometimes, but overall it's a good overview of database internals. I didn't quite like the first part of the book (B-trees, LSM-trees and such), but the second part about distributed systems and their problems was very solid.
Good refresher for anybody who read DDIA and almost forgot what it was about.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed 100 Go Mistakes by Teiva Harsanyi
Really liked it
5 stars
The best book on Go so far. In the past 8 years I made most of the mistakes listed here and sometimes they took a really long time to debug. So I was glad to see them all at the same place. Most of the mistakes are not trivial and actually pretty deep.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Factfulness by Hans Rosling
It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better …
It was amazing
5 stars
Very interesting read. Turns out, many basic facts about the world I knew were outdated. The book is well-written and teaches a dozen of tricks on how to make better decisions. The book's website is nice too: www.gapminder.org
Very interesting read. Turns out, many basic facts about the world I knew were outdated. The book is well-written and teaches a dozen of tricks on how to make better decisions. The book's website is nice too: www.gapminder.org
Sergey Machulskis reviewed ScyllaDB in Action by Bo Ingram
Liked it
5 stars
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.
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.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the …
Liked it
5 stars
How to turn the wheel of Samsara several times in life, but ultimately listen to the river.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Leadership Is Language by L. David Marquet
Really liked it
4 stars
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.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed The Great Mental Models by Farnam Street
Did not like it
1 star
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.
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.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Dune, #2)
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. …
It was amazing
5 stars
The book about a man of unlimited power who had no choice but to remain alone in an infinite universe.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama
Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes …
Liked it
5 stars
You can train your mind to be happy and this book tries to explain how to do it.
Sergey Machulskis reviewed The Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James
The Tao of Programming is a book written in 1987 by Geoffrey James. Written in …
Liked it
4 stars
This is a mimic of Tao Te Ching. Short and sweet.
Do you want to build a software product that people want and are willing to …
It was amazing
5 stars
Do you know what net negative churn means? This is a very useful concept, and it's just one of many perfectly explained in this book.
Do you know what net negative churn means? This is a very useful concept, and it's just one of many perfectly explained in this book.