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  1. 🚀🎨 Oh, joy! Another thousand-page tome promising to make embedded Rust dev on ESP devices as easy as pie. 🙄 Instead, buckle up for a nauseating expedition through keyboard shortcuts and a "software stack" so riveting, you'll be snoozing before you can press 'Esc' for help. 📚💤
    docs.espressif.com/projects/ru #embeddedRust #ESPdev #softwaredevelopment #techbooks #developerhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  2. Andy Hertzfeld was a key engineer on the Mac team. His honest, clear writing makes the story easy to follow and fun to read.
    #Memoir #TechBooks #books #bookreviews
    thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-m

  3. Andy Hertzfeld was a key engineer on the Mac team. His honest, clear writing makes the story easy to follow and fun to read.
    #Memoir #TechBooks #books #bookreviews
    thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-m

  4. 📡🤓 Oh joy, another 500-page snooze fest on wireless communication! Dive into this tome by Tse and Viswanath if you want to impress your friends with the word "multiplexing" at parties. 🎉📖 Maybe sprinkle in some #MIMO to really spice things up... or not. 😂📶
    web.stanford.edu/~dntse/wirele #wirelesscommunication #multiplexing #techbooks #HackerNews #snoozefest #HackerNews #ngated

  5. There are a load of great tech books coming in the next few months. In the summer reading list, I suggest 16 books to consider — and give an update on what I’ve been reading.

    disconnect.blog/a-critical-tec

    #tech #reading #books #techbooks

  6. 🚨 Deal of the Day July 8th 🚨 Mistakes...and how to avoid them! HALF OFF my book PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them and other selected titles @ManningPublications: hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0

  7. 🐢📚 Ah yes, another *thrilling* saga of a programmer discovering #Rust and thinking they're the first to write a book ending with a #Redis #clone. Because what the world truly needed was yet another field guide to Rust... with a twist! 🙄📘
    shankhan3.gumroad.com/l/dnwmtp #programming #techbooks #developerhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  8. @ManningPublications's Independence Day Sale is live (July 1-5)! 🎆 New deals unlock and stack every day:

    • July 1: 50% off eBooks
    • July 2: + 50% off Print
    • July 3: + $10 liveProjects & Videos
    • July 4: + $199.99 Pro Sub
    • July 5: + 20% off Teams

    Grab your copy of PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them here: hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0

  9. As I mentioned yesterday, I have now published the minor update to macOS Apps Step by Step that adjusts for changes to the API used in the first section.

    Read about the update at troz.net/post/2026/macos-apps- and check out a sample chapter at troz.net/books/mac_apps_sample

    #macOS #Swift #SwiftUI #AppKit #TechBooks

  10. #WritersCoffeeClub 6/22. Walk us through how you build a story.

    I read the data sheet.

    I imagine I understand it.

    I write some code to test my understanding.

    I read the data sheet again; the code didn't work as expected!

    I modify my understanding.

    I modify my code.

    Repeat until it works.

    I take notes to explain to future me what the data sheet said and what reality had to say about it!

    Repeat for other features of the microcontroller.

    Collect notes and massage into a book.

    #TechBooks

  11. Wozniak taught himself engineering and changed the world. iWoz proves that curiosity is the most powerful tool.
    #books #SteveWozniak #TechBooks
    thisgrandpablogs.com/iwoz-book

  12. Yesterday I delivered a Lightning Talk at on a surprising misstep. Luckily, my book PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them is included in the @ManningPublications Memorial Day sale so you can get it for 50% off until May 25th! 😉
    👇
    hubs.la/Q03Hcbkj0

  13. Ah yes, Ted Nyman's epic tome on #Git, where he takes the perfectly simple version-control tool and transforms it into a convoluted soup of jargon, 🚀 complete with unnecessary deep dives into filesystem and graph theory 📚. Git isn't just for version control, it's your next overachieving career path! 🌟
    gitperf.com/ #Nyman #TechBooks #VersionControl #CareerGrowth #HackerNews #ngated

  14. Oh joy, a new tome on #FreeBSD, because the world definitely needed another monument to #Unix #esoterica 📚🔍. Surely this will shake the foundations of #computing as much as every other tech manual collecting dust on the shelf 🤦‍♂️💤.
    vivianvoss.net/blog/integrated #TechBooks #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

  15. Finished reading Metaprogramming Ruby 2, what a cool book and what nice vibes it has. I've learned some metaprogramming spells that apply to Ruby and a bit of rails history.

    #programming #ruby #techbooks

  16. From idealistic beginnings to a global industry, trace the entire arc of personal computer history. A must-read for tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs.
    #MustRead #TechBooks #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/personal-

  17. AI-Generated Books, Forth & Pharo, and Why I'm Back with Common Lisp

    A notebook-style essay about stumbling upon AI-generated tech books (HiTeX Press, "Robert Johnson"), the realization that beautiful design doesn't equal working code, and the journey through Smalltalk chaos to the quiet stability of Common Lisp.

    Includes thoughts on:
    - The "end of the internet age"
    - Why I avoid publicly traded companies
    - AI in music, photography, and content moderation
    - Why a REPL beats bouncing windows

    Fake books → real lessons → building my own tools with CLOS and CLOG.

    Read here in German:
    mahamind7.blogspot.com/2026/03

    #CommonLisp #Smalltalk #AI #TechBooks #Programming #Forth #Pharo

  18. It's back to school time here in Australia, so I want to remind people that I offer an educational discount on my books: macOS Apps Step by Step: troz.net/books/macos_apps_step and Escape from Tutorial Hell: troz.net/books/escape

    Email me at [email protected] telling me what & where you study/teach and I'll send you a discount link for both.

    If you're in the education sector, please boost this post.

    #macOS #Swift #SwiftUI #AppKit #TechBooks #Education

  19. Happy New Year! ✨ 50% OFF EVERYTHING at @ManningPublications ! Get my book "PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" and Denis Magda's "Just Use Postgres!" for half price. 📚🎁

    Start 2026 right:
    🎆 hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0

  20. 50% OFF EVERYTHING for Xmas! 🎄✨
    Great opportunity to pick up "PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" :postgresql: , and all the other fine products at @ManningPublications at HALF PRICE! 📚🎁

    🔴 hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0 ☃️

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    ​#TechBooks