Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer
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C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup;
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Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly
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21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly
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Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press
+
The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional
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Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress
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Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress
Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner
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Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly
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The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress
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The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton
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The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible
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Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing
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DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
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Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders
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Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt
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Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom;
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Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly
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Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly
Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing
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The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional
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97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly
+
Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press
+
Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers
Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson
-
Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt
-
Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress
+
DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly
+
100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications
+
Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly
+
The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress
Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly
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DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible
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The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle
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Chaos Engineering - System Resiliency in Practice; Casey Rosenthal and Nora Jones; eBook
Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers
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Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School
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Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press
Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications
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Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers
+
The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle
+
Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly
+
The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible
+
Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly
Seeking SRE: Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale; David N. Blank-Edelman; eBook
-
Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly
-
Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress
-
The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley
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Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly
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Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly
Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional
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Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly
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Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press
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100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications
-
Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly
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The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook
+
Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly
Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy
+
Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School
Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann
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Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press
+
Chaos Engineering - System Resiliency in Practice; Casey Rosenthal and Nora Jones; eBook
+
Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing
+
Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly
+
Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly
+
The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley
+
Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press
+
Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders
+
DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible
+
Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly
+
97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly
Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress
+
Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom;
+
Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly
+
Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly
+
Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers
+
The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook
+
C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup;
+
The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton
+
Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt
+
Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt
+
21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly
Technical references
I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order:
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Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly
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Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt
Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley
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Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly
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Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly
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BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley
+
Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt
The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press
+
Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly
Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas
+
BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley
+
Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly
+
Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly
Self-development and soft-skills books
In random order:
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Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University
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Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin
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Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley
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Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion
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Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME)
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Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook
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Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing
+
The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups; Gergely Orosz; Audiobook
+
Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books
+
Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook
+
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook
+
Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy
The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate
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The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite
+
Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House
+
Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook
The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge
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Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon
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The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers
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101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook
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The Courage to Be Disliked; Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga; Audiobook
+
Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks
+
The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd
97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know; Camille Fournier; Audiobook
+
The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME)
+
The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite
+
Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications
+
Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne
+
Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME)
+
The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select
+
The Courage to Be Disliked; Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga; Audiobook
+
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press
+
Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business
Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business
+
Getting Things Done; David Allen
So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus
-
The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups; Gergely Orosz; Audiobook
-
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook
-
The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd
-
Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House
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Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press
+
Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon
+
The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers
+
Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin
+
Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons
+
Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion
+
101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook
+
Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley
+
Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK
-
Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business
+
Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus
The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books
-
Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook
-
Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy
-
The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME)
-
Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne
+
Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing
+
Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook
Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly
-
Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books
-
Getting Things Done; David Allen
-
Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook
-
Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus
-
Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks
-
Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications
-
Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons
-
The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select
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Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order:
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Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon
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AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training
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Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online
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Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online
MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training
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F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc.
+
AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training
The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online
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Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online
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Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need)
+
Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online
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The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online
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Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online
+
Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...;
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Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need)
Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online
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Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training
Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training
+
F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc.
+
Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon
Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen
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Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online
-
The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online
-
Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training
-
Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online
Technical guides
These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very useful. in random order:
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How CPUs work at https://cpu.land
Raku Guide at https://raku.guide
+
How CPUs work at https://cpu.land
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
Podcasts
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In random order:
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Wednesday Wisdom
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Modern Mentor
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast
The Changelog Podcast(s)
BSD Now [BSD]
-
Backend Banter
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Fork Around And Find Out
Dev Interrupted
-
The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast
-
Maintainable
-
The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast)
+
Cup o' Go [Golang]
Fallthrough [Golang]
Hidden Brain
-
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
-
Fork Around And Find Out
-
Wednesday Wisdom
-
Cup o' Go [Golang]
+
The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast)
Pratical AI
-
Modern Mentor
+
Backend Banter
+
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
+
Maintainable
Podcasts I liked
I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests.
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