Étagère à livres
Books that have shaped my thinking, sparked my curiosity, and continue to inspire my work. From technical deep-dives to African literature, from accessibility guides to philosophical explorations.
This collection reflects the diverse knowledge that fuels my passion for building inclusive technology and understanding human experience.
Tech
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
A handbook of agile software craftsmanship
The Pragmatic Programmer
David Thomas & Andrew Hunt
Your journey to mastery
Design Patterns
Gang of Four
Elements of reusable object-oriented software
You Don't Know JS
Kyle Simpson
Deep dive into JavaScript mechanics
Introduction to Algorithms
Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein
The comprehensive guide to algorithms
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim
A novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
The big ideas behind reliable, scalable systems
System Design Interview
Alex Xu
An insider's guide to system design
Refactoring
Martin Fowler
Improving the design of existing code
Building Microservices
Sam Newman
Designing fine-grained systems
AI/ML
Hands-On Machine Learning
Aurélien Géron
Using Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Christopher Bishop
Comprehensive introduction to ML and pattern recognition
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Hastie, Tibshirani, Friedman
Data mining, inference, and prediction
Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow
Mathematical and conceptual background for deep learning
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig
The leading textbook in artificial intelligence
The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book
Andriy Burkov
Concise overview of machine learning fundamentals
Human Compatible
Stuart Russell
Artificial intelligence and the problem of control
African Literature
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Classic Nigerian novel about colonialism's impact
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A powerful story of the Biafran War
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A story of a family torn apart by expectations
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Ayi Kwei Armah
Post-independence Ghana through critical eyes
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Coming of age in colonial Zimbabwe
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
Exploring womanhood in traditional Nigerian society
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
Stories from a South African childhood
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
The autobiography of South Africa's first Black president
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A personal, eloquently-argued essay
The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay
Coming of age in South Africa
Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
A sweeping novel of contemporary Kenya
Data Science
Python for Data Analysis
Wes McKinney
Data wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython
The Art of Data Science
Roger Peng & Elizabeth Matsui
A guide for anyone who works with data
R for Data Science
Hadley Wickham
Import, tidy, transform, visualize, and model data
Storytelling with Data
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
A data visualization guide for business professionals
The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver
Why so many predictions fail — but some don't
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
Accessibility
Design for Everyone
Kat Holmes
How to build products that serve everyone
A Web for Everyone
Sarah Horton & Whitney Quesenbery
Designing accessible user experiences
Inclusive Design Patterns
Heydon Pickering
Coding accessibility into web design
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
A common sense approach to web usability
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
How design shapes our interaction with the world
Leadership
The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle
The secrets of highly successful groups
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek
Why some teams pull together and others don't
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity
The Manager's Path
Camille Fournier
A guide for tech leaders navigating growth and change
Team Topologies
Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
Organizing business and technology teams for fast flow
The Art of Public Speaking
Dale Carnegie
Classic guide to effective public speaking
Philosophy
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
How we make decisions
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The impact of the highly improbable
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things that gain from disorder
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
Why good people are divided by politics and religion
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A brief history of humankind
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn
How scientific paradigms shift
Personal Development
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Tiny changes, remarkable results
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Rules for focused success in a distracted world
Range
David Epstein
Why generalists triumph in a specialized world
Mindset
Carol Dweck
The new psychology of success
Peak
Anders Ericsson
Secrets from the new science of expertise
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
Why we do what we do in life and business
Innovation
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Notes on startups, or how to build the future
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
When new technologies cause great firms to fail
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
Marketing and selling disruptive products
The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies
The Network Society
Manuel Castells
The information age and social transformation
Agile
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Jeff Sutherland
Revolutionary approach to project management
Lean Startup
Eric Ries
How today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation
The Agile Manifesto
Kent Beck et al.
Principles behind the agile methodology
Kanban
David Anderson
Successful evolutionary change for your technology business
Continuous Delivery
Jez Humble & David Farley
Reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation
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