Hackers: Heroes of Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
(The first and the last part). These parts describe the early days of computing (and free software) at MIT AI Lab and under the circumstances under which free software movement was launched.
Goodreads URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56829.Hackers (purchase URL omitted for ethical reasons)
Free software, Free society, Third edition by Richard Stallman
This is a collection of essays by Richard Stallman founder of Free software movement. It also talks about dangers of software patents and other threats to free software. This book is also libre.
@redstarfish Thanks @redstarfish I already have these two books, but I thank you for mentioning them, so others can take inspiration too. 🙏
It's a pity that the @fsf shop is closed until 2024. 😞
@paulox The Architecture of Open Source Applications (https://aosabook.org/en/) was a great read about open source. Editors are Amy Brown and Greg Wilson.
All the chapters can be read online for free, but I think paperbacks are also available on Amazon.
From the list I can recommend Two Scoops of Django https://www.feldroy.com/books/two-scoops-of-django-3-x.
The advice is sometimes different (and better in my opinion) from the official Django documentation. The "fat models" advice was really useful to me.
PostgreSQL Up & Running. The only postgresql book that I have read. It is short and I found it useful as an introduction and for learning basic tasks and concepts.
"...an inside look at modern open source software development, its evolution over the last two decades, and its ramifications for an internet reorienting itself around individual creators."
@paulox I'd go with the evergreen of "Designing Data-Intensive Applications". It's a great read, but heavy, I haven't finished it yet. It span several technologies, talking from generality to details about designing apps that handle a lot of data. Talks about both backend and database levels.
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