I’ve been trying to mix in a balance of leadership stuff + engineering culture + actual technical deep dives (so I don’t drift too far away from the code).
Personally, I just finished Team Topologies, lots of good takeaways on how to structure teams for flow, but it also left me thinking about how differently things play out in practice vs theory.
Would love to build a little list of recommendations here. What’s something you’ve read recently that actually changed how you think or work?
Just finished Accelerate, totally changed how I think about team flow and delivery. Also loved Radical Candor
i’m halfway thru The Pragmatic Programmer rn (kinda late to the party lol) honestly so many “duh” moments but still feels super fresh. after that thinking of picking up Working Backwards (the amazon one).
ngl i always feel like half these books are written in hindsight tho 
like “here’s how we did it and why it was genius” but when you’re actually in the middle of chaos it never looks that clean. i did like Team Topologies too but sometimes i wonder if following it by the book can make things more rigid than they need to be. anyone else feel that?
Lately I’ve been bouncing between The Phoenix Project and some random engineering blogs. Honestly, I like the mix of story-driven lessons and quick hacks—it keeps me thinking about flow without turning every day into a ‘theory workshop.’ Anyone else do this kind of hybrid reading?