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Paul de Raaij rated The Goal: 4 stars

The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
The Goal is about new global principles of manufacturing. It's about people trying to understand what makes their world tick …

Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design by Scott Millett, Nick Tune
Methods for managing complex software construction following the practices, principles and patterns of Domain-Driven Design with code examples in C# …
Paul de Raaij rated Het Proces: 4 stars

Het Proces by Franz Kafka
Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with an unspecified crime. Unable to …
Paul de Raaij rated The 500 (Mike Ford, #1): 4 stars
Paul de Raaij rated Be More Pirate: 3 stars
Paul de Raaij rated What if?: 3 stars

What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
Paul de Raaij rated Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests: 4 stars

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce
Test-Driven Development (TDD) is now an established technique for delivering better software faster. TDD is based on a simple idea: …
Paul de Raaij rated Spring in action: 4 stars
Paul de Raaij rated Getting Things Done: 4 stars

Getting Things Done by David Allen
Veteran coach and management consultant Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to thousands. He …
Paul de Raaij rated Losing the Signal: 4 stars

Losing the Signal by Jacquie McNish
"In 2009, BlackBerry controlled half of the smartphone market. Today that number is less than one percent. What went so …
Paul de Raaij rated Continuous Delivery: 4 stars

Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble, David Farley (Martin Fowler Signature Series)
Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles …
Paul de Raaij rated Domain-Driven Design Distilled: 4 stars

Summary: Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari by Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, [Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut]) is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, …

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout …