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Every book Dex Horthy recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dex Horthy has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of July 15, 2026.
- Dex Horthy has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 15, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of July 15, 2026.
- The 3 books Dex Horthy has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 15, 2026: Clean Code, Refactoring and The Pragmatic Programmer.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dex Horthy aired on July 15, 2026.
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Dex Horthy appeared on The Pragmatic Engineer podcast to discuss context engineering and software development workflows. During the episode, he recommended and discussed several foundational texts in the programming field. Horthy recommended Martin Fowler's classic book Refactoring, explaining that it has become increasingly relevant as his team spends significant time improving the design of existing code and figuring out how to help models build code that remains easy to maintain. Alongside Refactoring, he listed Robert C. Martin's Clean Code and Andrew Hunt and David Thomas's The Pragmatic Programmer as software-engineering classics that he and his team were actively reading and considering more relevant now than ever before. Furthermore, Horthy referred to Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox's book The Goal during a discussion about engineering bottlenecks, using it to illustrate the feedback that when engineers claim a system cannot be fixed and must instead be entirely rebuilt, the proper approach is actually to refactor in place and constantly improve the existing codebase.
Books recommended by Dex Horthy
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Clean Code
Clean Code by Robert C.
Recommended“We're reading a lot of like classics of software engineering. Refactoring clean code, the pragmatic programmer, like all that stuff is I think is more relevant now than it has ever been.”
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Refactoring
Refactoring by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts is a foundational software engineering text that explores how to improve the design of existing code and make maintainability more manageable.
Recommended“Nowadays, we talk a lot about refactoring by Martin Fowler classic. I think it's because we spent a lot of time improving the design of existing code and trying to figure out how to get models to build code that is easy to maintain.”
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The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas is a classic software engineering manual that outlines core philosophies, practical habits, and strategic methodologies for writing maintainable code.
Recommended“We're reading a lot of like classics of software engineering. Refactoring clean code, the pragmatic programmer, like all that stuff is I think is more relevant now than it has ever been.”
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The Goal
The Goal by Eliyahu M.
Discussed“And like usually when engineers say like, "Oh, we can't fix this. We have to rebuild it." The feedback is like, "No, just refactor in place. Just constantly keep the codebase getting better."”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Context engineering with Dex Horthy | The Pragmatic Engineer | 2026-07-15 | 4 |