Ask HN: CS book club material recommendations

20 points·jamil7··6 comments

During this time of more indoor activity I'm looking to start a remote CS book club or reading group with a few friends most of us in software development or data science. What are some classic or modern papers, articles, or other short pieces you would recommend? maybe something that would be fun or interesting to discuss in a group settings.

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I'm currently starting up a study group for Martin Kleppmann's "Designing Data-Intensive Applications," which seems to be a popular book with a lot of practical knowledge that'd be great for discussions.

https://teachyourselfcs.com/

Some potentially relevant prior threads I have bookmarked:

Books to 'learn by doing'? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22299180

Hard-tech blogs to follow? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23206259

Online compiler courses? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23187239

There's a whole list for you at http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.355/

An extra item that I like is : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1416932.Software_Fundame...

Interesting stuff could be found in 'The Best of 2600'.

Knuth's books are considered classic. They are pricey though.

Maybe as a variation on this, you can find a Raspberry Pi project to try every week and discuss what variations/improvements each person did to the process.

Why numbering should start at zero.

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/E...

You might find his other papers and notes interesting for your group.

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