Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2024-12-18

Gergely Orosz & Sean Goedecke: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer

Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke

2 books · With Sean Goedecke · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Supported by Our Partner DX⁠ → DX is an engineering intelligence platform designed by leading researchers — In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Sean Goedecke, Staff Software Engineer at GitHub. Sean is widely known for his viral blog post, “How I ship projects at big tech companies.

Sean Goedecke recommended The Little Book of Deep Learning and The Name of the Rose (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books) by Umberto Eco.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Little Book of Deep Learning

   François · at 57:55

   Recommended

   “it's the little book of uh learning by um by by France fur which which was sort of something I picked up when I was getting into llms and I wanted to have a bit of a better understanding”

   Sean Goedecke Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke 2024-12-18 Listen at 57:55

   Where to get it

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2. 

   The Name of the Rose (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books)

   Umberto Eco · at 58:17

   The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is an intricate historical mystery novel set in a fourteenth-century monastery, blending semiotics, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and philosophical inquiry.

   Recommended

   “but to recommend a book that I like I read every year I I got a shout out the name of the Rose by Alberto Eko uh I read it every year”

   Sean Goedecke Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke 2024-12-18 Listen at 58:17

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible