Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The Pragmatic Programmer
Solid advice and awesome analogies
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Pragmatic Programmer launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Essential Skills and Concepts For The Self-taught Programmer
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
2017 · its alternatives →
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Hey folks. Last year I was fortunate enough to sign a deal to write a book with my favorite technical publisher, The Pragmatic Bookshelf. When I started out as an Engineering Manager many years ago, I found that there wasn't a huge amount of material that specifically and practically helped me understand how to do my job. When you learn to program there's all of these amazing tutorials, examples and guides, but what was there for new managers? In response to this, a couple of years ago I started a blog over at https://www.theengineeringmanager.com which got a decent amount of…
2020 · its alternatives →
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"The Bible" of all fundamental algorithms for programming
2015 · its alternatives →
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2016 · exploringjs.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · getprogrammingwithclojure.com · its alternatives →
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Great book with a low barrier to entry for learning Haskell
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I just wanted to share that after five months of intense work and countless caffeine-fueled writing sessions, "Master Software Architecture: A Pragmatic Guide" is now available. Writing this book was a crazy time. I entirely focused on it, and it took exactly 753 hours of writing, editing, and image editing & resizing(!) until the premiere. Yes, the last one (images) was a killer. If you ever think about writing a book, reserve a lot of time for it unless someone else does it for you. As a result, I am handing you the nearly 400-page book. It is a guide that will help you connect all…
2024 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · langintro.com · its alternatives →
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