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Review - Agile Software Development: Principles Patterns...

To make it short and clear, I liked the book a lot. From a very begining it is clear that author has a vast experience in software design and development.There are a few bits that really stand out....

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Review - Sun Tzu Art Of War

It has been a long time since i read any non technical book. I was tempted to read this one for a long time so i did. It is a very strange book but also very inspirational.First of all there is a lot...

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Review - Pro Zend Framework Techniques: Build a Full CMS Project

I think it is not a really bad book as it provides quite a good introduction to Zend Framework. Especially with a lack of any good Zend Framework literature i guess it may be still worth to read it.I...

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Review - The Innovative Leader

This book was not exactly what i hoped it would be so my review may not be the best but i think there are people who will enjoy it and benefit from it.read more

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Review - Now, Discover your strengths

I think it is quite an interesting book and i would recommend it to people who want to better understand themselves. I would not see it as a guide how to live your life nor how to plan your career but...

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Review - Getting to know Confucius

I have just came back from a one-month journey over China and I have brought a special tome of knowledge. To avoid being one-dimensional I try to read psychology and self-development books from time to...

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Review - RabbitMQ in Action

First of all i would be lying if i said that i did not like RabbitMQ :) It is a pretty cool piece of software. Having said that, i could be a bit biased in favor of the technology but i will try my...

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Review - 59 Seconds Think a little Change a lot

I have read this book a few months ago so I don't remember all the details any more. Fortunately I can still remember it was a great book and it made me rethink some of my beliefs.It is true that we...

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Review - Web Operations, keeping the data on time

Web Operations is a really awesome book, there is no question about it. Even that the book consists of multiple short chapters it contains so much insight and experience that every software engineer...

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Review - The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a great book and I am happy to recommend it to all entrepreneurs, managers, business owners and software engineers.It is very difficult to summarise a book like The...

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Review - Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler was not exactly as i imagined. First of all it was written in early 2000s and you can feel that it got a little bit outdated. Back in...

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Review - MongoDB the definitive guide

I have read about mongodb quite a lot on-line last year and i also managed to pick up this book. I think it is a really easy to read and well written book. If you want to get some good basics on...

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Review - Team Geek, a software developer's guide to working well with others

That is a really exceptional book! You would expect googler's books to be good, but this one is really great. Don't waste time, just order a copy you wont regret it.Team Geek is a great source of...

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Review – Screw it let's do it by Richard Branson

I never thought i would ever say it about any autobiography book, but this one is really nice to read. Richard Branson is obviously an exceptional person, before reading the book i had no idea how...

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Review - The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking

Any time I take a break from work to travel I buy a few different books outside of my main interests to get some food for thought. I loved The Grand Design, it is really so much fun to read :)I loved...

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Review - Programming pearls

I have not read a book about computer algorithms for a long time now. I liked parts of the programming pearls and I disliked parts as well. I think it is worth going through the book if you are a...

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Review – The art of lean software development

The art of lean software is a very short book. I was really surprised when I got it delivered home. It is not a bad book though. Even that most of the practices are common sense nowadays I still people...

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Review – Beautiful Teams

If I had to summarize this book with a single word it would have to be "disappointing". I had quite high hopes for it as I read some of the “beautiful” book series before and they were really good....

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Review - Build a great team!

Build a great team is a really nice little book. It is very easy to read and contains a lot of useful tips on how to work with a team. A nice surprise was the fact that author advocates for my favorite...

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Review - Games people play

Games people play left me with very mixed feelings. On one side the core idea of transactional psychology and Games is really interesting. I really liked the beginning of the book. On the other hand...

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