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udezekene / O'Reilly Design Books (Free).md
Last active June 15, 2025 14:09 — forked from augbog/Free O'Reilly Books.md
Download the just released O'Reilly Design Books for free without e-mail signup.

Free O'Reilly Design Books and convenient script to just download them.

HUGE thanks to O'Reilly for making this resource free. Visit the design page if you want to learn more about the design resources. Also, they do have FREE resources for other topics like: Data, IoT, Programming, Security, Web Development, and WebOps.

Thanks @augbog for the initial gist. If you are a developer or looking for software engineering books, headover to the source of this fork.

How to use:

  1. Take the download.sh file and put it into a directory where you want the files to be saved.
  2. cd into the directory and make sure that it has executable permissions (chmod +x download.sh should do it)
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briankung / The Pragmatic Programmer Chapter 1: A Pragmatic Philosophy.md
Last active November 7, 2025 22:04
The Pragmatic Programmer Chapter 1: A Pragmatic Philosophy

A Pragmatic Philosophy

I read the first two chapters of [The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master][pragprog], which are entitled "A Pragmatic Philosophy" and "A Pragmatic Approach," respectively. I'll go through and summarize my thoughts "A Pragmatic Philosophy" first:

The preface of The Pragmatic Programmer begins by explaining the meaning of the word 'pragmatic,' which comes from the greek word pragmaticus, or "skilled in business." I get the feeling that this is the central pivot point around which the rest of the book hinges. Skill and craftsmanship are emphasized from the get-go.

Business needs are also a key element, though I get the feeling that it has less in terms of doing whatever the "business person" says and more to do with contextualizing the job of programming within the context of the greater problem at hand.

The sections in the chapter were broken down as seen below. These are the guiding principles behind the rest of the book.