Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-10-29
Gergely Orosz & Addy Osmani: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer (Oct 2025)
Beyond Vibe Coding with Addy Osmani
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Addy Osmani recommended The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz and AI Engineering by Chip Huyen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook
The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz is a comprehensive manual that navigates the professional trajectories, best practices, and essential skills required for modern software engineering careers.
Recommended“The book I'm going to recommend is one that I think covers career paths and best practices for software engineers in a way that I found very compelling. It is by you. It's the software engineers guide book.”
Where to get it
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AI Engineering
AI Engineering by Chip Huyen provides a comprehensive examination of building and navigating systems within the fast-paced field of artificial intelligence.
Recommended“I think that if you are trying to learn more about the foundational aspects of AI engineering in this moment there's a great book called AI engineering by Chip Huin that is also worth taking a look at.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“You're an author of a lot of different books, leading effective engineering teams.”
Passing Beyond Vibe Coding
“This came out about a year ago, and now your latest book is is called Beyond Vibe Coding.”
Plugged Beyond Vibe Coding
“If you are interested in this space, Beyond Vibe Coding is out now from O'Reilly. Hopefully, it'll be useful to some people.”