Ask HN: light technical read for commute hour?

8 pointsby drieddust13 anni fa7 comments

I recently got a copy of CODE which I started reading during my commute. Book is informative and easy read to be completely even on the bus.

Are there other such books I can get to keep myself entertained?

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AznHisoka13 anni fa

Programming Pearls is a good book although you may want to bring a pen, so you can work on some of the problems. Or you can just do them in your head.

dougk713 anni fa

I came here to suggest the same book. I didn't do all the problems but it was definitely the best commit hour companion I've had.

drieddust13 anni fa

Thanks I am ordering this one right away. I will probably order Applied cryptography as well.

Sealy13 anni fa

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest "Founders at Work" by Jessica Livingstone. Its not technical however it is full of interviews from a good selection of the most famous startup founders of this generation.

There are a lot of Y combinator interviews and even one with our very own Paul Graham.

ippisl13 anni fa

If you haven't read it already, applied cryptography by schnieir is a fun read.

drieddust13 anni fa

Looks interesting but title says it contains C code.

ippisl13 anni fa

The first half vontains only pseudo code.