itheory's Reviews (230)

Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair

Kim Malone Scott

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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Essential reading

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

4.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Very pleasant, read pandemic and all.

Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

Zeynep Tufekci

4.0

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

5.0

informative medium-paced

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Super thorough and illuminating. A must read for any designer of data systems.

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

3.0

informative fast-paced

Web API Design: Crafting Interfaces that Developers Love

Brian Mulloy

4.5

informative fast-paced

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This is an excellent introduction to pragmatic RESTful API design. My only quibble is with the `PUT` example on page 28, which, since it's just updating selected fields, really should be a PATCH request.

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track

Will Larson

4.0

informative medium-paced

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Priya Parker

4.0

informative fast-paced

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An engaging and thoughtful overview of how to gather people. I appreciate its emphasis on thoughtfulness and intentionality. I'll be using it a lot.

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.5

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

5.0

reflective medium-paced