BOOK / 01
SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP
SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIPSoftware Craftsmanship
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
A perspective on writing readable, maintainable code and treating software development as a craft.
ENGINEERING
Exploring how
software systems
really work.
A place where I explore engineering fundamentals, understand the technology behind everyday systems and share what I learn along the way.
From fundamentals to real-world systems
HOW I APPROACH ENGINEERING
01
Understand
Start with the problem, requirements and constraints.
02
Design
Explore possible approaches and their trade-offs.
03
Build
Turn the design into something useful and reliable.
Improve
Learn from feedback, measure and refine the solution.
Good engineering starts with understanding the problem, not choosing the technology.
AREAS OF EXPLORATION
What I'm exploring.
Six connected areas, from writing code to understanding the systems that run it.
THE BOOKSHELF
Learning beyond the code.
A collection of books on programming, Java, distributed systems and software architecture that shape the way I think about engineering.
BOOK / 02
JAVA ENGINEERING
JAVA ENGINEERINGJava Engineering
Effective Java
Joshua Bloch
Practical Java best practices, API design and making better use of the language.
BOOK / 03
JAVA & CONCURRENCY
JAVA & CONCURRENCYJava & Concurrency
Java Concurrency in Practice
Brian Goetz et al.
Thread safety, synchronization and the fundamentals of building concurrent Java applications.
BOOK / 04
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSDistributed Systems
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
Replication, partitioning, consistency and the principles behind reliable data systems.
BOOK / 05
DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE
DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTUREDistributed Architecture
Building Microservices
Sam Newman
Service boundaries, communication patterns and the trade-offs involved in microservice architecture.
BOOK / 06
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURESoftware Architecture
Fundamentals of Software Architecture
Mark Richards & Neal Ford
Architecture styles, architectural characteristics and making better technical decisions.
A growing collection of ideas, lessons and perspectives.
READ. REFLECT. BUILD.THE APPROACH
Learn the fundamentals. Understand the trade-offs.
The goal isn't to collect technologies. It's to understand why things work, where they fail, and how engineering decisions affect the systems we build.
See what I've been building