Books like After the Software Wars by Keith Curtis

Timeless guide to software craftsmanship, it offers practical lessons for coders and managers alike, from career growth to adaptable architecture, updated for 2020s development realities.

This book provides a strategic approach to software construction, offering essential techniques and must-know principles for creating high-quality code.

A foundational exploration of open‑source software, comparing the disciplined ‘cathedral’ model with the collaborative ‘bazaar’ and analyzing their impact on companies, Linux, and the global software economy.

The Art of Unix Programming, by Eric S. Raymond, explores the philosophy and practical wisdom of the Unix community, focusing on the reasons behind Unix design choices and their application in open‑source software.

The DevOps Handbook shows leaders how to blend product management, development, QA, IT operations, and security to boost profitability, culture, and productivity.

Discover the practical principles that guide software engineering at Google's high‑scale, sustainable systems, from code resilience over time to design trade‑offs and organizational culture.

A guide to using App Inventor to create Android applications presents step-by-step instructions for a variety of projects, including creating location-aware apps, data storage, and decision-making apps.

From the Internet's infrastructure to operating systems like GNU/Linux, the open source movement comprises some of the greatest accomplishments in computing over the past quarter century. Its story embraces technological advances, unprecedented global collaboration, and remarkable tools for facilitating distributed development. The evolution of the Internet enabled an enormous expansion of open development, allowing developers to exchange information and ideas without regard to constraints of space, time, or national boundary. The movement has had widespread impact on education and government, as well as historic cultural and commercial repercussions. Part I discusses key open source applications, platforms, and technologies used in open development. Part II explores social issues ranging from demographics and psychology to legal and economic matters. Part III discusses the Free Software Foundation, open source in the public sector (government and education), and future prospects.