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Learning Domain-Driven Design

by Vladik Khononov • 2021

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

4.43

500+

🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software 🔀 Microservices Patterns ⚡ Event-Driven Systems

Learning Domain-Driven Design

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

by Vladik Khononov 2021 340 pages

4.43

500+ ratings

🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software 🔀 Microservices Patterns ⚡ Event-Driven Systems

Invent To Learn

by Sylvia Libow Martinez • 2013

How to trade direct instruction for iterative design, physical making, and real student ownership.

4.17

500+

🛠️ Maker Education 📁 Project-Based Learning 📐 Constructionism 🔄 Iterative Design 🧪 Tinkering

Invent To Learn

How to trade direct instruction for iterative design, physical making, and real student ownership.

by Sylvia Libow Martinez 2013 252 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🛠️ Maker Education 📁 Project-Based Learning 📐 Constructionism 🔄 Iterative Design 🧪 Tinkering

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

by Christopher W. Alexander • 1964

Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.

4.06

500+

🛠️ Design Methodology 🏛️ Architectural Theory 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔬 Design Science 🧩 Problem Decomposition

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.

by Christopher W. Alexander 1964 224 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🛠️ Design Methodology 🏛️ Architectural Theory 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔬 Design Science 🧩 Problem Decomposition

Drift into Failure

by Sidney Dekker • 2011

Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.

4.01

343

🦺 Safety Science ⚠️ Risk Normalization 🕸️ Systemic Risk 🤦 Human Error 🛡️ Regulatory Failure

Drift into Failure

Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.

by Sidney Dekker 2011 234 pages

4.01

343 ratings

🦺 Safety Science ⚠️ Risk Normalization 🕸️ Systemic Risk 🤦 Human Error 🛡️ Regulatory Failure

Panama Fever

by Matthew Parker • 2007

A forty-mile obsession that cost 25,000 lives: how a four-century dream became the Panama Canal.

3.80

500+

🏗️ Infrastructure History 🧱 Civil Engineering 💥 Engineering Catastrophes 🦟 Tropical Medicine 🏔️ Geological Hazards

Panama Fever

A forty-mile obsession that cost 25,000 lives: how a four-century dream became the Panama Canal.

by Matthew Parker 2007 14 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🏗️ Infrastructure History 🧱 Civil Engineering 💥 Engineering Catastrophes 🦟 Tropical Medicine 🏔️ Geological Hazards

Engineering Mechanics

by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1992

From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.

4.06

205

⚙️ Engineering Mechanics 🔧 Mechanical Engineering 🏗️ Structural Analysis 🌉 Civil Engineering 📳 Vibration Analysis

Engineering Mechanics

From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.

by Russell C. Hibbeler 1992 1314 pages

4.06

205 ratings

⚙️ Engineering Mechanics 🔧 Mechanical Engineering 🏗️ Structural Analysis 🌉 Civil Engineering 📳 Vibration Analysis

Inviting Disaster

by James R. Chiles • 2001

Catastrophe is never one mistake. It's small failures linking up while everyone looks elsewhere.

4.03

500+

🧨 Technological Disasters 🏗️ Engineering Failures 🔗 System Failures 🧠 Human Factors 🏢 Organizational Failure

Inviting Disaster

Catastrophe is never one mistake. It's small failures linking up while everyone looks elsewhere.

by James R. Chiles 2001 338 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🧨 Technological Disasters 🏗️ Engineering Failures 🔗 System Failures 🧠 Human Factors 🏢 Organizational Failure

Car Science

by Richard Hammond • 2008

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

4.44

144

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Car Science

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

by Richard Hammond 2008 96 pages

4.44

144 ratings

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Release It!

by Michael T. Nygard • 2007

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

4.25

3k+

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance ✅ Production Readiness 🔥 Chaos Engineering

Release It!

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

by Michael T. Nygard 2007 350 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance ✅ Production Readiness 🔥 Chaos Engineering

Coding Interview Patterns

by Alex Xu • 2024

The patterns behind every coding interview question, and the framework that sells your solution.

4.58

💻 Coding Interviews 📐 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures ⏱️ Time Complexity 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking

Coding Interview Patterns

The patterns behind every coding interview question, and the framework that sells your solution.

by Alex Xu 2024 435 pages

4.58

45 ratings

💻 Coding Interviews 📐 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures ⏱️ Time Complexity 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking

To Forgive Design

by Henry Petroski • 2012

The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.

3.53

217

🏗️ Structural Engineering 🔍 Forensic Engineering 💭 Design Philosophy 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

To Forgive Design

The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.

by Henry Petroski 2012 432 pages

3.53

217 ratings

🏗️ Structural Engineering 🔍 Forensic Engineering 💭 Design Philosophy 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

High Speed Signal Propagation

by Howard W. Johnson • 2003

Your traces are never just wires: the physics that decide whether your board works.

4.00

📡 High-Speed Digital 〰️ Signal Integrity ⚡ Power Integrity 🛡️ Emc 📐 Pcb Layout

High Speed Signal Propagation

Your traces are never just wires: the physics that decide whether your board works.

by Howard W. Johnson 2003 808 pages

4.00

16 ratings

📡 High-Speed Digital 〰️ Signal Integrity ⚡ Power Integrity 🛡️ Emc 📐 Pcb Layout

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