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  • Tomas Reimers has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of April 2, 2025.
  • Tomas Reimers has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 2, 2025.
  • Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 2, 2025.
  • The 2 books Tomas Reimers has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 2, 2025: The Last Days of Night and The Timeless Way of Building.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Tomas Reimers aired on April 2, 2025.

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Guest on The Pragmatic Engineer · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Tomas Reimers appeared on The Pragmatic Engineer to discuss stacked diffs and tooling at Meta, sharing various reading recommendations and insights. When Gergely Orosz asked him to name a book he had read and would recommend, Tomas Reimers recommended Graham Moore's The Last Days of Night, noting that he is an avid mystery reader and describing the novel as historical fiction centered around Tesla, Edison, Westinghouse, and the historical race to invent the light bulb. For non-fiction, Tomas Reimers brought up Christopher Alexander's The Timeless Way of Building, answering a question about product and architecture books. He noted that he has been reading more product books lately and described Alexander's work as a very interesting book about architecture. He observed that while the beginning of the book can be a bit abstract to get through, readers will find compelling ideas about how people who use tools or buildings should ultimately build them once they reach the latter half of the text.

Books recommended by Tomas Reimers

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  1. The Last Days of Night

    Graham Moore · Recommended · 1 episode

    The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore is a historical fiction novel that dramatizes the intense legal and corporate race between Thomas Edison, Nikola Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla over the invention and commercialization of the electric light bulb.

    Recommended
    “So I am an avid mystery reader, so the mystery book I always recommend people is The Last Days of Night. It's a book around a Tesla, Edison and Westinghouse and the race to invent the light bulb.”
    The Pragmatic Engineer Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas Reimers 2025-04-02 Listen at 1:11:28
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. The Timeless Way of Building

    Christopher Alexander · Recommended · 1 episode

    The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander explores architectural principles and the idea that ordinary people can successfully design and build whole, living spaces.

    Recommended
    “Non-fiction, I read a lot of books these days. I've been actually reading a lot more product books. The Timeless Way of Building is a really interesting book about architecture. The beginning is a little abstract to get through, but once you get to the sort of latter half”
    The Pragmatic Engineer Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas Reimers 2025-04-02 Listen at 1:11:51
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas ReimersThe Pragmatic Engineer2025-04-022