Programming in Computers & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Weapons of Math Destruction

How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil ...

Narrated by Cathy O'Neil ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay ... Read more

£13.99

Brought to you by Penguin.In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay
... Read more
Audiobook

User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

by Jeff Patton ...

Narrated by Roy McCrerey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better ... Read more

£18.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better
... Read more
Audiobook

Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy ...

Narrated by Liz Porter ...

Unabridged

20 hours 8 min

The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large scale computing systems? In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire ... Read more

£26.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large scale computing systems? In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire
... Read more
Audiobook

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Martin Kleppmann ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

20 hours 56 min

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you ... Read more

£26.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you
... Read more
Audiobook

97 Principles for Software Architects

Collective Wisdom from Industry Veterans

by Multiple Authors ...

Narrated by Mike Bisceglia ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

97 Principles for Software Architects presents axioms for software architecture written by over four dozen leading software architects. The principles describe best practices in architecting and developing software learned from decades of collective experience. The lessons of this book will be useful to current and aspiring software architects, engineers, and anyone responsible for developing ... Read more

£14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

97 Principles for Software Architects presents axioms for software architecture written by over four dozen leading software architects. The principles describe best practices in architecting and developing software learned from decades of collective experience. The lessons of this book will be useful to current and aspiring software architects, engineers, and anyone responsible for developing
... Read more
Audiobook

Product Management in Practice: A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century

by Matt LeMay ...

Narrated by Mitchell Dorian ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical ... Read more

£14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical
... Read more
Audiobook

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

An Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and ... Read more

£19.99

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and
... Read more
Audiobook

Tidy First?

A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

by Kent Beck ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at ... Read more

£10.42 or Free with Kobo Plus

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at
... Read more
Audiobook

Product Management in Practice

A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century

by Matt LeMay ...

Narrated by Mitchell Dorian ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical ... Read more

£11.99

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical
... Read more
Audiobook

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp ...

Narrated by TJ Johnson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ... Read more

£14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the
... Read more
Audiobook

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and ... Read more

£26.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and
... Read more
Audiobook

Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

by Tom Greever ...

Narrated by Ric Chetter ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles, ... Read more

£14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles,
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

by Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, Zhamak Dehghani ...

Narrated by Dena Dahilig ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, ... Read more

£19.99

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage,
... Read more
Audiobook

Designing Distributed Systems

Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Systems Using Kubernetes, 2nd Edition

by Brendan Burns ...

Narrated by Tom Beyer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

Every distributed system strives for reliability, performance, and quality, but building such a system is hard. Establishing a set of design patterns enables software developers and system architects to use a common language to describe their systems and learn from the patterns and practices developed by others.The popularity of containers and Kubernetes paves the way for core distributed system ... Read more

£15.64 or Free with Kobo Plus

Every distributed system strives for reliability, performance, and quality, but building such a system is hard. Establishing a set of design patterns enables software developers and system architects to use a common language to describe their systems and learn from the patterns and practices developed by others.The popularity of containers and Kubernetes paves the way for core distributed system
... Read more
Audiobook

Crisis Engineering

Time-Tested Tools for Turning Chaos into Clarity

by Marina Nitze, Matthew Weaver, Mikey Dickerson ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide."A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal GroupWhen the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the middle of a meltdown. The platform is down, the phones are ringing, the headlines are brutal, and your team is ... Read more

£16.99

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide."A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal GroupWhen the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the middle of a meltdown. The platform is down, the phones are ringing, the headlines are brutal, and your team is
... Read more
Audiobook

The Staff Engineer's Path

A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

by Tanya Reilly ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills ... Read more

£19.99

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright ...

Narrated by Mark Sando ...

Unabridged

23 hours 36 min

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering. How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its ... Read more

£26.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering. How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its
... Read more
Audiobook

Fix Your Kindle Library Fast

A Simple Step-by-Step Guide to Removing Books, Deleting Downloads, Organizing Collections, and Freeing Up Space on Kindle

by Linnea C. Harrowby ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madelyn G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Is your Kindle library crowded, confusing, and harder to use than it should be?Fix Your Kindle Library Fast is a simple, beginner-friendly guide that helps you clean up your Kindle device, Kindle app, and Amazon digital library without stress. Whether you want to remove downloaded books, organize titles into collections, free up storage space, return ... Read more

£5.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Is your Kindle library crowded, confusing, and harder to use than it should be?Fix Your Kindle Library Fast is a simple, beginner-friendly guide that helps you clean up your Kindle device, Kindle app, and Amazon digital library without stress. Whether you want to remove downloaded books, organize titles into collections, free up storage space, return
... Read more
Audiobook

C++: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Learn C++ Programming Step by Step

by Ryan Turner ...

Narrated by Russell Newton ...

Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

Do you have to manage large volumes of data at work or in your hobby? Do you need a capable and dedicated programming language that can cope with your requirements?Then, C++ is the answer you’ve been looking for!If you are someone who needs a powerful back end language that is perfect for handling large volumes of data, then C++ is a good place for you to start. It already helps power such giants ... Read more

£9.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you have to manage large volumes of data at work or in your hobby? Do you need a capable and dedicated programming language that can cope with your requirements?Then, C++ is the answer you’ve been looking for!If you are someone who needs a powerful back end language that is perfect for handling large volumes of data, then C++ is a good place for you to start. It already helps power such giants
... Read more
Audiobook

Creating Games

by Ethan Cormac ...

Narrated by Marcus Mulenga ...

Unabridged

16 min

Creating Games: The Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own Games, Learn the Different Creation Techniques and Tools You Need To Build Your Own GamesDo you have an idea for a video game but don't know what or how to make a game out of it? Do you think it's difficult and you're not confident enough to try? Don't be! When you already have an idea for a game, you've won half the battle already because ... Read more

£3.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Creating Games: The Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own Games, Learn the Different Creation Techniques and Tools You Need To Build Your Own GamesDo you have an idea for a video game but don't know what or how to make a game out of it? Do you think it's difficult and you're not confident enough to try? Don't be! When you already have an idea for a game, you've won half the battle already because
... Read more
Audiobook

Zero Code Builder

The Practical Blueprint to Design, Build, and Launch Web Apps Without Code Using Visual Tools

by Claire Donnelly ...

Narrated by Ethan Maxwell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 7 min

Unlock Your Inner Creator: Build the Web Apps You Imagine, Without Writing a Single Line of Code.Do you have a brilliant idea for a web app or startup concept but feel stopped by the barrier of code? Zero Code Builder is your hands-on guide to joining the no-code revolution. Taylor Finch demystifies the world of visual development, providing a step-by-step blueprint that transforms you from a ... Read more

£18.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock Your Inner Creator: Build the Web Apps You Imagine, Without Writing a Single Line of Code.Do you have a brilliant idea for a web app or startup concept but feel stopped by the barrier of code? Zero Code Builder is your hands-on guide to joining the no-code revolution. Taylor Finch demystifies the world of visual development, providing a step-by-step blueprint that transforms you from a
... Read more
Audiobook

Building Memory for AI Systems with MCP

Connect Claude to Any Tool with Model Context Protocol

by Dr. Priya Sharma ...

Narrated by AI Voice Robert Smith ...

Unabridged

4 hours 34 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Your AI assistant loses all context the moment you close the chat. Your project history, codebase knowledge, and business data? Gone. You're stuck manually rebuilding context in every conversation, turning powerful AI into an expensive notepad.Model Context Protocol (MCP) changes everything.Building Memory for AI Systems with MCP shows developers, ... Read more

£6.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Your AI assistant loses all context the moment you close the chat. Your project history, codebase knowledge, and business data? Gone. You're stuck manually rebuilding context in every conversation, turning powerful AI into an expensive notepad.Model Context Protocol (MCP) changes everything.Building Memory for AI Systems with MCP shows developers,
... Read more
Audiobook

Fatal Abstraction

Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software

by Darryl Campbell ...

Narrated by Bob Johnson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

Software was supposed to radically improve society. Outdated mechanical systems would be easily replaced; social media platforms like Facebook would bring people together; and generative AI would solve the world’s greatest ills. Yet in practice, few of the systems we looked to with such high hopes have lived up to their fundamental mandate. In fact, in too many cases they've made things worse. How ... Read more

£15.64 or Free with Kobo Plus

Software was supposed to radically improve society. Outdated mechanical systems would be easily replaced; social media platforms like Facebook would bring people together; and generative AI would solve the world’s greatest ills. Yet in practice, few of the systems we looked to with such high hopes have lived up to their fundamental mandate. In fact, in too many cases they've made things worse. How
... Read more
Audiobook

Python Data Science for Beginners

Analyze and Visualize Data Like a Pro

by Brian Murray ...

Narrated by Ray Collins ...

Unabridged

3 hours 21 min

Python Data Science for Beginners: Analyze and Visualize Data Like a Pro is the ultimate guide to learning the fundamentals of data science with Python. This book is perfect for anyone who is new to data science or wants to expand their skills in this field.In this book, you'll learn how to manipulate and transform data using the popular pandas library, explore and visualize data using matplotlib ... Read more

£4.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Python Data Science for Beginners: Analyze and Visualize Data Like a Pro is the ultimate guide to learning the fundamentals of data science with Python. This book is perfect for anyone who is new to data science or wants to expand their skills in this field.In this book, you'll learn how to manipulate and transform data using the popular pandas library, explore and visualize data using matplotlib
... Read more

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