Book Cube: 2023, page 12
Book Cube publications from 2023, page 12: bilingual notes, sources, and original Telegram posts.
- · #Engineering
An Elegant Puzzle. Systems of Engineering Management
An Elegant Puzzle. Systems of Engineering Management Today on the road from Moscow to Sochi finished this bookWhich I started reading this week. The book turned out to be so interesting that I almost couldn’t get away from it while I was flying and on my way to Krasnaya Polyana, where I suddenly left for a trip with colleagues:) This book was written by Will Larson, who worked at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
Code of Architecture - "Distributed Systems, 4th Ed" 5 (Coordination)
Code of Architecture - "Distributed Systems, 4th Ed" 5 (Coordination) Tonight, 18:00 In Moscow we We will continue to discuss the book "Distributed Systems". In this issue, we will discuss the chapter on coordinating parts of a distributed system. Previous issues have been devoted generalismdebate architecture, processes, communicationsAnd now we have come to discuss the following important issues. How to synchronize clocks in different parts of a distributed system
- · #SystemDesign
Ten days ago I talked to the guys from NextWay about architecture and system analysts.
Ten days ago I talked to the guys from NextWay about architecture and system analysts. In an hour with something we managed to discuss a lot of topics, and yesterday there was a record of our meeting + lists of recommendations for those books that I mentioned during the conversation. Details in post writer channel SystemDesign SoftwareArchitecture Analyst Software Architecture Career
- · #Databases
PostgreSQL 15 inside
PostgreSQL 15 inside This interesting book by Rogov from Postgres Pro immerses in the inner workings of a popular database. To be honest, I haven’t read this book yet... but I did read a previous edition called Postgres. 14 From the inside, which is on my shelf in paper form:) The electronic version of the book is free. Get it from Postgres Pro.. The book contains more than six hundred pages, which are combined into 5 parts given below 1. Isolation and multiversion 2. Buffer cache and magazine 3. Lockdown 4. Implementation of requests 5. Types of indexes
- · #PlatformEngineering
Platform engineering
Platform engineering Talk about platforms in development has always been popular, but now they are literally everywhere. Below is a short selection:)
- · #Management
How to herd cats (Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers)
How to herd cats (Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers) This is Hank Rainwater's book. 21 I read this book for the first time somewhere. 15 Years ago, I was interested in the title of the book. I was a linear developer at the time and didn't really lead anyone, but even then I found chapters useful: 2. How to manage yourself - the principles of managing your activities 6. Philosophy and methods of the technical leader - technical principles and how to communicate them to others 7.
- · #SystemEngineering
The ABC of Systems Thinking (Thinking in Systems: A Primer)
The ABC of Systems Thinking (Thinking in Systems: A Primer) This cool book, Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows, provides a basic introduction to systems thinking. It came to my attention so often as recommendations that I once read it and made a mediocre sammari. The book consists of three parts and is written in clear and understandable language. Here's the content. Structure and behavior of systems
- · #AI
Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, your copilot for the web
Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, your copilot for the web Microsoft yesterday told About your new search with blackjack and ChatGPT:) Now, the search not only finds relevant sites, but also generates a text response and gives a chat to further communicate with the bot that generated that answer. This allows you to ask further clarifying questions, instead of clicking on links to sites. What Google was afraid of, introducing a red threat level I got to the sale.)
- · #Management
The Pipeline-Driven Organization • Roy Osherove • GOTO 2022
The Pipeline-Driven Organization • Roy Osherove • GOTO 2022 Interesting. speech Swarm on the theme of organizations focused on the flow of value. The author of the speech is the creator of the same name website pipelinedriven.org. The main idea of the author is that we need cooperative pipelines in the development of software.
- · #BookCube
Alpine garage sale
Alpine garage sale Great news for the residents of Moscow: 12 February in the bar "Rovesnik" will be a garage sale of "Alpine"! Come with me. 15:00 before 20:00 at the address Small Gnezdnikovsky Per, 9Page. 2 - you are waiting for excellent books with discounts, communication with the staff of the publishing group, and also an action: the third book will get you for the first time. 1 ruble!
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
Yesterday we held the fourth stream of the Code of Architecture club based on the book Distributed Systems, in which we discussed how to organize communication between different parts of a distributed system.
Yesterday we conducted the fourth stream of the Code of Architecture club based on the book Distributed Systems In which we discussed the issues of how to organize communication between different parts of the distributed system, talking about the The stream guests were
- · #ForKids
All aboard the Discovery Express (All Aboard the Discovery Express)
All aboard the Discovery Express (All Aboard the Discovery Express) This is a great book for kids about time and space. The characters of the book travel through countries and times and learn when and how people invented helicopters, bicycles, locomotives, airplanes and so on. On each page of the book there are pockets with additional interesting information and a little mystery about where the characters will go next and what the new page will be devoted to:)
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
The lost art of software design by Simon Brown at Devoxx Belgium 2022
The lost art of software design by Simon Brown at Devoxx Belgium 2022 Excellent. speech Simon Brown, creator C4 Model, on software design. The author tells how developers rushed to get rid of upfront design, following agile approaches. As a result, along with the water, they splashed out the child and the ability to design:) The main purpose of this statement is: Show why up front design is useful Show them how to do it more effectively.
- · #DistributedSystems
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 4 - Communication
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 4 - Communication Tonight, 18:00 next meeting Code of Architecture The fourth chapter is devoted to the communication of different parts of a distributed system with each other. Or rather, we'll talk about it. The basics of networks, or rather network protocols (layered protocols); Fundamental approach of interaction with remote procedure calls (remote procedure call); Use of message-oriented communications (message-oriented communication); - multicast (multicast communication).
- · #Architecture
Building Secure and Reliable Systems (Category Architecture)
Building Secure and Reliable Systems (Rubric Architecture ) This book Written on Google as a continuation seriesamong which were SRE Book and SRE Workbook. But if there was a focus on reliability in those books, then this book combines reliability and security together. The main message of the authors of the book is that neither reliability nor security can be easily added to a system if it was originally created without considering these concepts.
- · #BookCube
What is beer and how is it made?
What is beer and how is it made? Interesting. article From postnauka, which is just the subject - I usually go to the bath on Saturdays, and there I am waiting for a couple of beers, snacks and brooms:)
- · #PopularScience
Leonardo's brain. The Genius of Da Vinci (Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius)
Leonardo's brain. The Genius of Da Vinci (Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius) This popular science book was written by the namesake of the great Leonardo, but by the name of Shlein:) The book left a double impression: On the one hand, an interesting excursion into the history of the great artist
- · #Management
The Halo Effect: And the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers (The halo effect and other misconceptions of every manager.)
The Halo Effect: And the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers (The halo effect and other misconceptions of every manager.) I recently read this excellent book, which is rapidly approaching maturity, since the first edition has already passed. 16 years:) In this book, Phil Rosenzweig, a business scientist, literally dissects the pseudo-scientific nonsense that is usually presented in the pages of business literature.
- · #Conference
I forgot to write in advance, but right now I will communicate with the guys from the NextWay channel - analysis and design in IT about architecture and system analysts.
I forgot to write in advance, but I will be talking to the guys from the channel right now. NextWay - analysis and design in IT architecture and systems analysts. Among the issues submitted for discussion are Whether teams need a systems analyst, and what exactly is his role? Can a systems analyst grow into architects and what kind of architects?
- · #Humor
How to catch humor by the tail
How to catch humor by the tail This book by Elena Borshcheva, a famous squirrel from Pyatigorsk, is written in a very pleasant manner with humor and self-irony. The whole book is filled with small stories that allow the author to illustrate his approach to humor. The book contains clear rules of humor and a large number of exercises that allow them to practice. These are the rules.
- · #Conference
The Psychology of UX • Fabio Pereira • GOTO 2022
The Psychology of UX • Fabio Pereira • GOTO 2022 It's speech Fabio Pereira at the goto conference is dedicated to looking at UX from a behavioral economics perspective. The author was once a developer, then became interested in this topic, researched it for some time. 2019 year he published a bookDigital Nudge"In which he talked about how nudging works in the digital world." Speaking of the talk itself, it’s about how to design the user journey in our digital services for the benefit of our customers, knowing about people’s cognitive biases.
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
Yesterday, we conducted the third stream of the Code of Architecture club based on the book Distributed Systems, in which we discussed how to use processes and threads, how virtualization works, how virtualization works.
Yesterday we conducted the third stream of the Code of Architecture club based on the book Distributed Systems How to use processes and threads, how virtualization works, how to design clients and servers on a distributed system, and how to migrate code rather than data The stream guests were
- · #PopularScience
13 time-travel (13 Journeys Through Space and Time: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution)
13 time-travel (13 Journeys Through Space and Time: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution) This book by Colin Stewart is based on 13 lectures on the physics of space and time. The book is presented 13 lectures over the years, starting with 1881 along 2015 year (the book came out 2016 year).
- · #Leadership
Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part III (Engineering Director)
Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part III (Engineering Director\) This article continues the review of the book “Manager’s Way” and will focus on the role of engineering director, which is to lead several teams and manage engineering managers. In the past, we discussed how Engineers grow to managersand how they play the role. engineering managers.
- · #FAIL
FAIL • Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2022
FAIL • Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2022 Keynote report From the goto conference where Kevlin Henney wittyly talks about different kinds of software bugs and what you can learn from it. When I watched it, I wondered why it was so interesting, because most of these mistakes we as developers know perfectly well and made them while walking along the path of improving our engineering skills ... and still make, because mistakes are inevitable:) And I think there's a few things mixed up.
- · #DistributedSystems
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 3
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 3 Tomorrow. 18:00 For MSc, we're within Code of Architecture We will continue to discuss the book Disstributed Systems And we'll break down chapter three. Processes . Guests of the stream will be Mikhail Tyurin, CTO X5 Digital and our colleague Ilya Tsvetkov, who leads the team of payment services Tinkoff.
- · #Culture
No rules. Netflix's unique culture (No Rules Rules. Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention)
No rules. Netflix's unique culture (No Rules Rules. Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention) I finished reading a book by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer on Neflix’s corporate culture. This book is very interesting about a company that Paying employees above the market (And if you want more, bring an offer from a competitor.) laying off good employees to secure seats for stars – a consequence of the concept of increasing talent concentration
- · #SoftwareDevelopment
10 Programming Lessons From the Past • Garth Gilmour & Eamonn Boyle • GOTO 2022
10 Programming Lessons From the Past • Garth Gilmour & Eamonn Boyle • GOTO 2022 Another one. play This time at the conference and the lessons we learned. (or) past 20 years of development of approaches to software development. Ten lessons the authors learned are as follows:
- · #Leadership
Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part II (Engineering Manager)
[Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part II (Engineering Manager\) ](https://apolomodov.medium.com/review-the-managers-path-part-2-engineering-manager-a03bab27e5bb)In first-part We talked about the first third of the book, when an engineer accumulates knowledge and skills that will be useful to him as a manager. In this article, we will discuss what the role of a technical manager looks like and what their responsibilities are. In fact, this article addresses two topics: people management and team management.
- · #Leadership
Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part I (Pre-Manager)
Book Review: The Manager’s Path – Part I (Pre-Manager\) I already am. told I took The Manager's Path with me on vacation to see the manager's journey through the eyes of Camille Fournier. During the rest, I swallowed this book and realized that I would have to review it – it seemed very useful for both beginners and continuing managers:) In first We will talk about the first third of the book, when an engineer accumulates the knowledge and skills that he will need as a manager. We will discuss the rest in the following parts.
- · #Architecture
Architecture at scale or how we at Tinkoff make architectural decisions
Architecture at scale or how we at Tinkoff make architectural decisions In recent days, I have been thinking about RFC, ADR, unification of approaches to system design, ensuring their reliability and so on. Finally, I decided to remember my own. speech Two years ago on ArchDays. Interestingly, since then, these approaches have taken root in our company and received good adoption within most of the management offices. But there are still issues of aligning these approaches and unification at the company level.
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
Yesterday, in addition to the skating rink and the apartment, we still managed to hold the second stream of the book “Distributed Systems”, in which we discussed the issues of architecture, software, system and talked a little about the fut
Yesterday, in addition to the skating rink and the apartment, we still managed to conduct The second stream is based on the book Distributed Systems, in which we discussed architecture, software, system, and a little bit of middleware. The stream guests were Artifacts from this stream are available at the link n
- · #Devrel
I have been working at Tinkoff for over six years and have been a public speaker at various events for over four years. And yesterday, in addition to the IT rink, we had a closed apartment from the Devrels.
I have been working at Tinkoff for over six years and have been a public speaker at various events for over four years. And yesterday, in addition to the IT rink, we had a closed apartment from the Devrels. This was an event for those who participated in the development of our IT brand. I received awards in two categories: Brand Advocate and IT Special. The first nomination ran on a set of activities, and the second point for our club "Code of Architecture", where they awarded my co-hosts: Ilya Zonov and Vova Chistyakov.
- · #Culture
Intuition in Contemporary
Intuition in Contemporary I was on yesterday. spectacle Intuition.in which viewers hear 13 They are monologues about the last moment before they die ... and in the end they vote on who will be given the chance to live the last day again ... with the same lethal outcome, but perhaps with different side effects. The spectacle is funny and sad at the same time is definitely worth watching. Separately, I note that after watching I got a couple of thoughts.
- · #Sale
Book Sale from Alpine Publishing House
Book Sale from Alpine Publishing House Today I plan to stop by Tinto Restaurant for a book sale from Alpina Publishing House. I occasionally go to such events where there is an opportunity to walk, look and look through new products and buy a whole pack of interesting books. From the last Alpine garage sale, I came back with two packets of books:)
- · #DistributedSystems
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 2
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 2 Tomorrow. 17:00 For MSc, we're within Code of Architecture Distributed Systems and the second chapter of Architecture.
- · #ForKids
Whatever happened. (No Matter What)
Whatever happened. (No Matter What) This children's book by Debi Gliori with poems and illustrations by the author is very cool for children and parents to read. In it, the little fox plays with his big parent in a scenario analysis of the conditions under which he will continue to love him. On all options, the big answer is "I love you anyway." And by the end of the book, they even get to the timeless nature of love, which is not affected by the frailty of our world. In general, a very cool fairy tale, which is suggestive.
- · #Brain
The brain and ... everything else.
The brain and ... everything else. On Tuesday, I listened to a live lecture by Vyacheslav Dubynina, a professor at Moscow State University and a famous popularizer of science. This lecture ended the first day of the MBA module dedicated to innovation and creativity. Vyacheslav talked about the brain and creativity for an hour and a half and it was a cool lecture.
- · #Processes
Agility is Inefficient • Klaus Bucka-Lassen & Dirk Bucka-Lassen • GOTO 2022
Agility is Inefficient • Klaus Bucka-Lassen & Dirk Bucka-Lassen • GOTO 2022 Interesting report With a clickbait headline from Klaus Bucka-Lassen, an agile coach who began trolling the title of the classic book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. But in fact, the author talks about the difference between efficiency and efficiency and shows how many companies focus on operational efficiency. (efficiency)They don’t do exactly what the customer wants.
- · #Creativity
Genius Corporation (Creativity, Inc)
Genius Corporation (Creativity, Inc) I’ve spent the last couple of days studying creativity, innovation, and marketing as part of an MBA, and so I decided to think of this Ed Catmull co-founder and former president of Pixar Animation, who also got the chance to become a member of the MBA. 2019 ACM Turing Award for Computer Graphics. In his book, he tells the story of Pixar and raises some very interesting questions about creating and sustaining a culture that encourages creativity.
- · #Software
Teaching Kids to Program with Hedy: A Gradual Programming Language • Felienne Hermans • GOTO 2022
Teaching Kids to Program with Hedy: A Gradual Programming Language • Felienne Hermans • GOTO 2022 Another one. funky video Goto conference in Amsterdam. This time about teaching children programming with the help of new Hedy. The report explains the need for a new language: To teach kids there is Sketch, which perfectly closes the requests of a small audience (more about how it appeared and what the concept can be read in the book of its author, Mitchell Resnick “The spiral of learning” (“Lifelong kindergarten”)Which I'm talking about.
- · #Biology
The origins of morality. Searching for human in primates (The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates)
The origins of morality. Searching for human in primates (The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates) This book by Frans de Waal is definitely interesting and raises important questions. It’s called “The Bonobo and the Atheist.” “In Search of Humanism Among the Primates” is the book. Judge for yourself: The author has studied primates for many years, and his research mainly focused on chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest relatives.
- · #Management
Accenture Life Trends 2023
Accenture Life Trends 2023 Today, as part of our MBA in Skolkovo, we studied marketing and innovation, and to perform one of the exercises, we had to study this report from Accenture. It presents trends. 1) I will survive (Permacrisis and human adaptability) In recent years, we have been in permanent crises and people are learning to adapt to them. The question is how this adaptation affects their behavior as buyers. 2) I'm a believer (How does the customer retention of tomorrow work?) People are looking for a sense of belonging.
- · #SoftwareArchitecture
This Monday, 15 In January, we conducted the first stream of Distributed Systems, in which we began discussing the new edition of this book, which came out in early January.
This Monday, 15 In January, we conducted the first stream of Distributed Systems, in which we began discussing the new edition of this book, which came out in early January. In this episode, we discussed The first chapter of "Introduction." The stream guests were Artifacts from this stream are available at the link n
- · #TeamTopologies
Team Topologies, Software Architecture & Complexity • James Lewis • GOTO 2022
Team Topologies, Software Architecture & Complexity • James Lewis • GOTO 2022 Another interesting one. speech Since the GOTO conference in Amsterdam, the title of which contains terms that I often use myself: team topology, architecture, complexity. The author begins with an introduction in which he talks about the popularity of microservice architecture and why it has become so popular and what lies behind it. The author concentrates in his speech on 4 aspects:
- · #SystemEngineering
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook Who as a child did not dream of becoming an astronaut? And despite the fact that dreams did not come true, but here is a book about how astronauts design their systems, I got myself, and got in paper. For those for whom the paper is not principled, pdf is available nasa.
- · #CoA
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 1
Code of Architecture - Distributed Systems - Episode 1 Tonight, 18:00 For MSc, we're within Code of Architecture Distributed Systems is a new, fourth edition. We will discuss the first chapter of Introduction, in which we will talk about The main characteristics of distributed systems;
- · #Architecture
Distributed Systems, 4th Edition (Category Architecture)
Distributed Systems, 4th Edition (Rubric Architecture ) Six months ago, I told I read Van Steen and Tanenbaum’s book on distributed systems. I liked her so much that I penned a brief sammari The first chapter, in which the authors gave a brief overview of all the topics of the book. This book was chosen by the listeners. Code of ArchitectureLet’s start reading and discussing it... And then the authors release in January. 2023 A new edition of the book available for free website writer.
- · #Creativity
Poster from Myth "Creative Techniques"
Poster from Myth "Creative Techniques" At one of my previous sales trips, I bought it. poster It was only recently that we got our hands on the wall of our office. It's funny that some of the tips I've presented from different books I've learned because I've read the original books. In general, it is nice to draw, good ideas - let it hang:)
- · #Philosophy
Philosophy in Comics (Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide)
Philosophy in Comics (Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide) This graphic novel by Dave Robinson is an excellent introduction to such a complex field as philosophy, in which for many centuries there have been so many currents and theories that the devil will break his feet with them to understand the details:) But the author wraps them in a funny text, and the illustrator, Judy Groves, accompanies the text with interesting pictures with implicit references to other philosophers.