Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Computing and programming manuals

Reference Works

Manuals and textbooks on programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, networks and computer security.

Books 28Recommenders 6

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  1. Producing Open Source SoftwareKarl Fogel, 2005
  2. Computer NetworksAndrew Tanenbaum, 1981
  3. Smalltalk-80: The Language and its ImplementationAdele Goldberg, David Robson, 1983
  4. The Art of the Metaobject ProtocolGregor Kiczales, 1991
  5. A Guide to LATEXHelmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly, 1993
Producing Open Source SoftwareProducing Open Source Software
T3 Producing Open Source Software
Karl Fogel · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to run an open source project, its community and its sponsors.

Computer NetworksComputer Networks
T4 Computer Networks
Andrew Tanenbaum · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Smalltalk-80: The Language and its ImplementSmalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation
T4 Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation
Adele Goldberg, David Robson · 1983
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Art of the Metaobject ProtocolThe Art of the Metaobject Protocol
T4 The Art of the Metaobject Protocol
Gregor Kiczales · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

A Guide to LATEXA Guide to LATEX
T4 A Guide to LATEX
Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)
T4 Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)
Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

X Window System User's GuideX Window System User's Guide
T4 X Window System User's Guide
Uday O. Pabrai, Hemant T. Shah · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Internet and TCP/IP Network SecurityInternet and TCP/IP Network Security
T4 Internet and TCP/IP Network Security
Uday O. Pabrai, Vijay K. Gurbani · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Smalltalk Best Practice PatternsSmalltalk Best Practice Patterns
T4 Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
Kent Beck · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Purely Functional Data StructuresPurely Functional Data Structures
T4 Purely Functional Data Structures
Chris Okasaki · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Techniques for designing data structures in functional languages, with examples.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

BSD HacksBSD Hacks
T4 BSD Hacks
Dru Lavigne · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Network Security HacksNetwork Security Hacks
T4 Network Security Hacks
Andrew Lockhart · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Tips and tools for securing Linux, Windows, BSD and Mac servers and networks.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Practical Common LispPractical Common Lisp
T4 Practical Common Lisp
Peter Seibel · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Practical Lisp programming, from language features to projects like an mp3 server.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 ProgrammiCracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
T4 Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
Gayle Laakmann McDowell · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official WirWireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide
T4 Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide
Laura Chappell · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Parallel and Concurrent Programming in HaskeParallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell: Techniques for Multicore and Multithreaded Programming
T4 Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell: Techniques for Multicore and Multithreaded Programming
Simon Marlow · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Mechanisms for writing parallel and concurrent programs in Haskell.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Cybersecurity for DummiesCybersecurity for Dummies
T4 Cybersecurity for Dummies
Joseph Steinberg · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Cynthia Johnson

Apple Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, and I
T4 Apple Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, and III
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

GNU Emacs Extensions
T4 GNU Emacs Extensions
Bob Glickstein
Goodreads

Recommended by: Paul Graham

Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition
T4 Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual (1962)
T4 Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual (1962)
John McCarthy
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Paul Graham

Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap ProNmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
T4 Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
Goodreads

The official guide to the Nmap scanner, from port-scanning basics to pen testing.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Operating Systems: Design and ImplementationOperating Systems: Design and Implementation
T4 Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Goodreads

Operating system principles, from processes to file systems, shown in the MINIX code.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program GenPartial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation
T4 Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation
Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft
Goodreads

The theory, techniques and uses of partial evaluation, which specialises programs.

Recommended by: Paul Graham

Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to LProgramming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition
T4 Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition
Goodreads

How to prepare for programming job interviews: languages, patterns and algorithms.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Quantum Computation and Quantum InformationQuantum Computation and Quantum Information
T4 Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Goodreads

Quantum algorithms, teleportation, cryptography and error correction, from basics.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fun
T4 The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd Edition
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog
T4 The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog
Ed Krol
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

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