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Every book Steve Yegge recommended on podcasts

Key facts

  • Steve Yegge has recommended or discussed 1 book on podcasts, as of July 16, 2025.
  • Steve Yegge has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 16, 2025.
  • Those books came up in 1 episode, as of July 16, 2025.
  • The book Steve Yegge has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 16, 2025: Sapiens.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Steve Yegge aired on July 16, 2025.

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Guest on The Pragmatic Engineer · 1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Steve Yegge

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  1. Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari · Recommended · 1 episode

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an expansive exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.

    Recommended
    “So, and and what's what's a what's a book recommendation uh that that you had outside of your your own book? Read Sapiens, man. Such an awesome book.”
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Books Steve Yegge wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Amazon, Google and Vibe Coding with Steve YeggeThe Pragmatic Engineer2025-07-161
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Fafo
“That's in our book, actually. If I can pitch the book for a moment, FAFO, f a a f o, is the dimensions of value that you get from vibe cutting.”
Plugged Vibe Coding
“The only advice I would give people I I would say look look because our book is 300 pages. How do you write 300 pages about vibe coding? Can it really be that hard? And the answer is Gan and I spent, you know, five months.”
Plugged Vibe Coding
“And Jean Kim, my amazing co-author, who's, you know, he's he's an author and researcher who I think probably knows everybody in the entire world who's everybody. And uh and he and I are both just unbelievably excited about vibe coding”