Ask HN: What are your top 5 favorite computer books?

As a hobby I post my software engineering book notes online, adding 1-2 books each week: https://www.briansnotes.io/books/?sort=rating

you are a machine!

- The Unicorn Project

- The Phoenix Project

- Clean Code

- The Linux Programming Interface

- Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition

- The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition

I’m glad Clean Code is still up there. Feels like it’s not considered cool to like it any more.

Is there any alternative to Clean Code? Can’t wrap my head around why it should not be considered one of the books you have to read.

One look at his actual code examples unfortunately... :(

"The Pragmatic Programmer" is a great alternative. It mixes real-world expectations with sensible craftsmanship. Clean Code is fine, I just think it's more aimed at inexperienced developers.

I like Jeff Geerling's books,

- Ansible for DevOps

- Ansible for Kubernetes

And something still computer related, but not as much tech related, The Cuckoo's Egg.