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Listing down some interesting quotes I read in Clean Code by Robert Martin. To quote him, reading these things would only serve as a feel good exercise without the actual meat of his methods. Nevertheless, I felt they're too good to not make it to my blog. Enjoy!
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Listing down some interesting quotes from the book 'A brief history of nearly everything' by Bill Bryson. * Although the creation of a universe might be very unlikely, Tryon emphasized that no one has counted the failed attempts. * He makes an analogy with a very large clothing store: "
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I completed reading 'The Pragmatic Programmer', probably one of the most recommended pieces of literature on software engineering. I'll try to put down some of the quotes and my interpretation of them in the following paragraphs. I'll be coming back to this from time
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The motivation for reading this book came during the Jagriti Yatra when I was recommended this book, not once or twice, but thrice during the 15 days by three independent people. I'd only heard about this book before that. So on returning, I made it a point to
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Probably one of the highest recommended books in the software world, this isn't your typical tutorial/guide/reference book on programming or software engineering. Rather, this book is a series of ideas, more or less independent, on large software projects. I'll have to admit that you
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While I'm not into mountaineering, trekking or hiking in general (obviously), having a cousin who's deep into climbing and also having stood at the foot of Himalayas last year and stared high into the sky at Mt. Trishul, a 20,000+ ft peak which was the
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This book has been, without a doubt, crucial in aiding my understanding of cryptosystems and why things are the way they are, and how do these cryptic crypto algorithms even work. If you are interested in learning how to develop software that are 'correct' and secure, then this
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It has been a while since my last book review post here. Not that I stopped reading, but I kinda stopped reading non-tech things lately, and hence, there were no new posts. But today, it hit me that I can (and should, given this is a personal diary) write
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I watched this video on Youtube that had a list of 10 books that every student should read. The first one, Deep Work by Cal Newport, was of particular interest to me, and I decided to read it. The reason? I'm a distraction junkie. Introduction On the highest
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A little late with May's book review, but here it is. This month's book was a little unconventional (for me), and the first of its kind that I've read. The book is called Siddhartha and it describes the spiritual quest of a young Brahmin
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So from the past month onwards, I and Abhishek had decided to read a (non technical) book every month and write a post about it at the end of the month. A good exercise to widen perspective and improve vocabulary. So Steve Case is the then CEO of America Online,