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Every book Titus Winters recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Titus Winters has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of October 29, 2026.
- Titus Winters has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of October 29, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of October 29, 2026.
- The 2 books Titus Winters has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Titus Winters's own, as of October 29, 2026: PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS. and The Mythical Man-Month.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Titus Winters aired on October 29, 2026.
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Titus Winters is a software engineer known for his work on software engineering and computer science education. During an appearance on The Pragmatic Engineer podcast, Winters discussed several key titles related to his field. He recommended Cat. Hicks's The Psychology of Software Teams, describing it as a beautiful and compelling exploration of team dynamics and learning themes, and he reiterated this recommendation when asked for his top book suggestions. Winters also reflected on his own co-authored work, Software Engineering at Google, which he wrote alongside Tom Manshreck and Hyrum Wright. He referenced a core principle from the opening pages of the book regarding how a sustainable codebase must support safe changes for any valuable new development. Furthermore, he detailed the lengthy, part-time collaborative effort required to compile contributions from numerous authors into the final text, expressing initial surprise at the book's substantial size. In addition to his own work, Winters engaged with historical programming texts, citing Frederick P. Brooks Jr.'s The Mythical Man-Month. He specifically critiqued the surgical team chapter in Brooks's classic work, arguing that it is structured around an overly hierarchical model that does not accurately reflect ongoing team work where projects continue past a single iteration.
Books recommended by Titus Winters
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PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS.
The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks is a research-based exploration of human dynamics within technology environments, focusing on the behavioral and cognitive science behind effective engineering groups.
Recommended“Um I love Cat Hicks, uh the psychology researcher for tech. Like her book, The Psychology of Software Teams, is beautiful. And like she talks about, you know, these these things a lot, right?”
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Software Engineering at Google
Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, and Hyrum Wright documents the engineering practices, cultural values, and scaling strategies that sustain Google's massive codebases.
Discussed“And I think it's in the first two or three pages of the book uh I've said now for 10 years you know, your code base is sustainable if for any valuable change that comes along, you are capable of making that change safely, right?”
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The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P.
Critiqued“I regularly cite Fred Brooks in the Mythical Man-Month essays, right? And in the surgical team like at the surgical team is my least favorite chapter in that book because it's structured as if we're only ever going to do one project.”
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Books Titus Winters wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering at Google & CS education with Titus Winters | The Pragmatic Engineer | 2026-10-29 | 5 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Um similarly, there's a platform engineering at Google book that some of my friends are putting out. This early release chapters on O'Reilly. I might have written the chapter on education for that.”
“Like, we've been using go write a new essay on Catcher in the Rye. Like, we don't need another essay on Catcher in the Rye. Go write a new linked list.”