Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-03-19

Gergely Orosz & Greg Kroah-Hartman: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer

How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman

2 books · With Greg Kroah-Hartman · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Greg Kroah-Hartman recommended Code Complete by Steve McConnell and Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Code Complete

   Steve McConnell · at 1:17:31

   Code Complete by Steve McConnell is a comprehensive software construction guide that covers software engineering best practices, debugging, detailed design, and coding style.

   Recommended

   “The old code complete book was a really good one. That was a really good one. It taught me that um coding style matters. It doesn't matter what the coding style is. It's just a a spe a generic a set coding style matters because our brains work on patterns and as programmers we're reading patterns and when the patterns”

   Greg Kroah-Hartman How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman 2025-03-19 Listen at 1:17:31

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Programming Pearls

   Jon Bentley · at 1:18:06

   Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley is a classic computer science text that uses practical problems and elegant code solutions to illustrate fundamental programming concepts.

   Recommended

   “On the flip side, another really fun one, um, that's really tiny, programming pearls and like bit fiddling and, um, cute little algorithms and neat stuff like that, which surprisingly we still do today.”

   Greg Kroah-Hartman How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman 2025-03-19 Listen at 1:18:06

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible