Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The Programmer’s Odyssey
A riveting history of programming
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Programmer’s Odyssey launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Interviews with the 15 most interesting computer programmers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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The authoritative resource for learning Go
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Code▲76The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
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Strategies and reflections on software engineering
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
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Jean Jennings Bartik and the computer that changed the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Lessons From Teaching Myself Web Development
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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One of the best practical guides to programming
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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"The Bible" of all fundamental algorithms for programming
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Essential Skills and Concepts For The Self-taught Programmer
2016 · bigmachine.io · its alternatives →
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A tutorial introduction to computer development environments
2017 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
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The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Getting software projects back on track
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The world through the lens of software.
2017 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
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Computer science curriculum must-read
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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