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Here you can find communities, books, audiobooks, that I have found interesting and I consider worth sharing.

Most of them are regarding Tech but not technical, I hope you can find something interesting

This is Kelsey Hightower
tech

This is Kelsey Hightower

jesus illescas

Not really a single podcast, but a playlist I created with episodes from Kelsey Hightower. K8s, System Design or how to grow in your career are topics you can find here.

Darknet Diaries
hacking

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

This is my favourite podcast, Jack covers really well complex hacking stories in a simple and enjoyable way. If you are not sure with which podcast to begin, start with this one.

Book Overflow
development

Book Overflow

Carter Morgan & Nathan Toups

Very recently I discovered this podcast and became one of my favourites very rapidly. They cover SW engineering books, but what I enjoy the most, are the author interviews. Top notch.

Hacked
hacking

Hacked

Scott & Jordan

More stories about hacking in a easy way to follow. When you go for a walk this is a good podcast.

Open Source Security
tech

Open Source Security

Kurt Seifried & Josh Bressers

Kurt and Josh make open source topics very interesting from the security and coding perspective. An enjoyable podcast. Available on several platforms.

Changelog Master Feed
tech

Changelog Master Feed

Chagelog Community

This is not one Podcast, but a feed of several podcast related to tech. I find quite interesting the conversations, specially on 'ship it', 'go time' and 'js party'

DevOps Paradox
devops

DevOps Paradox

Darin Pope & Viktor Farcic

I recently started hearing the podcast but I really love the technical part of it, direct to the point, great learning while walking

Backend Engineering
development

Backend Engineering

Hussein Nasser

I really like the technical deep dives Hussein does in his podcast. One of the few places where you can learn how the internals work.

Packet Pushers
tech

Packet Pushers

Packet Pushers

Packet pushers publish many podcasts, I usually listen to Network Automation Nerds and Network Break. See the link to see all the podcasts they have.

Software Engineering Radio
tech

Software Engineering Radio

IEEE

I enjoy that the goal of the podcast is to be an educational resource for professional developers. So you can always learn from here, more on the software engineering side.

Developer Voices
development

Developer Voices

Kris Jenkins

Deep dive discussions with developers about development. I enjoy the variety of topics and languages, so I can learn other points of view.

Soft Skills Engineering
development

Soft Skills Engineering

Dave Smith & Jamison Dance

You know, not everything is technical stuff, many times it comes to the human side. This is a great Podcast to level up your engineering skills beyond coding. Is nice you can ask questions.

Command Line Heroes
tech

Command Line Heroes

Saron Yitbarek

Ever wanted to know about the persons and their stories who changed the computer industry? this is a podcast for it. I really like it covers many fields of computer science.

Kubernetes Podcast from Google
tech

Kubernetes Podcast from Google

Abdel Sghiouar & Kaslin Fields

Interesting podcast with about Kubernetes and the ecosystem around it. I find the episodes very informative. If you are into k8s, this is a good podcast to follow.

Refactoring. Improving the Design of Existing Code
development

Refactoring. Improving the Design of Existing Code

Martin Fowler

This was an eye opening book for me. It helped me to understand finally how to write code properly. Code for humans. I highly recommend it.

The Pragmatic Programmer
development

The Pragmatic Programmer

David Thomas, Andrew Hunt

Wheter you are starting or you are a senior engineer, this book has a lot of good advices. I'd wish I had read it when I was starting, it would have been very useful to me. Highly recommended.

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
development

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Robert C. Martin

A bit controversial book among developers, but I found it useful to start with writing better software.

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
development

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Fowler

This is a great reference book to understand how to design enterprise applications. Is a good guideland. If you are new to SW development, it can be too much, but still a great resource.

Building Microservices, 2nd Edition
development

Building Microservices, 2nd Edition

Sam Newman

This book helped me to start understanding microservices, I really like how is organized. Highly recommended if you are starting your journey in microservices.

TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
networking

TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

W. Richard Stevens

This is the book if you want to learn TCP. For me there is a Before and After I read it. Highly technical, and sometimes hard to follow but highly recommended.

Model-Driven DevOps
networking

Model-Driven DevOps

Steven Carter & Jason King

A book for network automation. Nice emphases single source of truth, using data structures to automate and shemas to validate. Is small book and direct to the point.

Mastering Ansible
development

Mastering Ansible

James Freeman & Jesse Keating

This book helped me to start my journey with Ansible, it was valuable to see how Ansible works and how its different components interact.

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
hacking

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon

If you have to start with a book from this list, this is the one. Super interesting stories from Kevin Mitnick starting career. Highly recommended

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
hacking

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

Cliff Stoll

Amaizing and technical book written as a novel, about how to catch one of the first hacking incidents. Feels like a view in the early history of computers in the 90. Real story

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
devops

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

As a engineer I felt this story like I was in it. Start not only your devops journey here, but learn how to think about business goals and functions. Great story

The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
devops

The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data

Gene Kim

A good follow up from the Phoenix Project. You don't have to start with the Phoenix Project to enjoy this one. But after the Phoenix Project, I wanted to learn more.

Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
hacking

Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global

Geoff White

Many super interesting hacking stories, how the crime went for hacking, like the case of the bangladesh bank heist.

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
cyberwar

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Nicole Perlroth

Story from a the New York Times reporter, covering cyberwarfare events across US, Russia and Ukraine.

Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
hacktivism

Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

Joseph Menn

Stories of one the most famous American hacking group and their involvement of the invented concept of hacktivism

The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
cyberwar

The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age

David E. Sanger

Inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics with operations like Olympic Games.

The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
hacking

The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War

Geoff White

North Korean most famous hacking group. One of the most effective criminal enterprises on the planet.

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
cyberwar

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

Andy Greenberg

Story of one of the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency.

Permanent Record
hacktivism

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

Insights from Edward Snowden life and career and the event that lead to the leak of US documents.

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
cyberwar

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter

Stuxnet was one of the major breakthrough in cyberware, this book tells the story in super detail about the events at that time.

A Short History of Nearly Everything
history

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Not a tech book, but as an Engineer I always want to know how stuff works. This book is amaizing in that and tells the history behind. Super recommended.

Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
fiction

Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle

I like Sherlock Holmes, and this is a super collection, great narrator, great stories. If you can, hear it.

How to Build a Car
engineering

How to Build a Car

Adrian Newey

As a fan of F1, I really enjoyed this book. A great insight of how to think as a engineer to solve challenges. Also a great F1 history from one of the most successful engineers the sport has.

Experienced Devs
development

Experienced Devs

reddit

This is one of my favourite communities, great advises for stuff that only experience can teach you, technical but not technical stuff like emotional intelligence. Ask questions.

Enterprise Networking Design, Support, and Discussion
networking

Enterprise Networking Design, Support, and Discussion

reddit

I'm a network engineer, interesting to see what other network engineers do and face day-to-day. Technical questions as well.

Sysadmin
sysadmin

Sysadmin

reddit

Even though I'm not a sysadmin, I enjoyed their stories about their work and most of the time here you can find outages before everyone else.

cscareerquestions
development

cscareerquestions

reddit

Question for about working in the tech industry. Some questions/comments are very interesting. Most US centric.

cscareerquestionsEU
development

cscareerquestionsEU

reddit

Same as cscareerquestions but for Europe

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