A guide for growing to senior and beyond in the software industry, by @GergelyOrosz. An Amazon #1 Best Seller. Get the book at engguidebook.com
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One of the best articles on this is from @copyconstruct at
copyconstruct.medium.com/pos…
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These are called post-commit code reviews, and they have been popular inside more mature teams (and at places where releases are not continuous, but done less frequently).
From The Software Engineer's Guidebook, in Chapter 23, Software Engineering:
Just learned a team at Microsoft is doing code reviews *after* merge.
Why? To move faster.
No more pausing work to wait for code reviews.
No need for stacked PRs.
No more time-consuming merge conflicts caused by long code review delays.
This has risks, but may work well for a team that is:
- mature
- high trust
- has strong automated quality checks
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook has now been translated to 6 languages 👀
Selling as a localized book in Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Mongolia
Get those versions here: engguidebook.com/#translatio…
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Wow - The Japanese translation of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is this week's best seller in Tokyo's largest bookshop, Kinokuniya Shinjuku (photo from the store)
Thanks to @ryukbk for the standout translation, and @OReillyMedia Japan for publishing.
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Black Friday deal: the DRM-free ebook and audiobook version of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is 40% off.
Use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 at checkout:
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This was a long-requested format, and it’s now available:
The Software Engineer’s Guidebook (@EngGuidebook) is now available as hardcover from Amazon. Here’s me holding the first print (the proof - it’s nice!)
And it’s also out as an ebook on the O’Reilly platform.
Get it here: engguidebook.com
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook: audiobook is now available on Audible.
Search for "The Software Engineer's Guidebook"
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After a year of publishing, The Software Engineer's Guidebook has passed 33,000 copies sold (not counting translations recently out in German and Korean)
Thank you to everyone who read it.
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Audible is an example of a product that is wonderful for customers, but treats publishers and authors poorly.
It is also a platform that seems to have grown complacent - and approves new titles slowly, unlike its competitors.
More details: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/w…
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The audiobook version of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is out today!
Get it everywhere - except for Audible.
Read on on why this is the case...
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It will eventually released on other major audiobook platforms as well.
However: Other platforms like Audible can take 4-6 more weeks to release.
The Spotify team helpfully expedited it (thank you!)
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook Audiobook is coming... first to Spotify!
open.spotify.com/show/3fZG88…
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An important difference between software engineering and many other engineering disciplines (eg civil engineering):
physical laws are a lot less limiting for software engineering, thanks to the intangible nature of software
From The Software Engineer’s Guidebook, Chapter 15
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A reason engineers are often drawn to working on platform teams.
Especially if on product teams engineers feel like they don't have much input in influencing the team direction / tactics.
From The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Chapter 5: (Thriving in Different Environments)
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It's official: the audiobook version of The Software Engineer's Guidebook will be out early December.
If you'd like to get notified when it's out: add your email here (or just keep an eye out for an announcement from this account!)
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook is out in Korean translation!
For those in Korea: get it from the publisher, Hanbit Media (bit.ly/4h9gxxj), or from online bookstores Kyobo (bit.ly/48gqkOb), YES24 (bit.ly/40g1XOz) or Aladin (bit.ly/3NyZx6b)
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Reliable software systems: things to monitor
From Chapter 24 of the book: engguidebook.com/
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A review of the book by @SandorDargo (engineer at Shopify).
"I don’t think this book help you become a better coder. There are more suitable books for that purpose, but this book is rather about how to be a successful engineer people want to work with."
sandordargo.com/blog/2024/02…
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