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Jeff Atwood

Software developer and computing founder

A software developer who built Stack Overflow with Joel Spolsky and cofounded Discourse. His original reading posts recommend software construction and team working practices.

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Books Jeff Atwood recommends, documented so far

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Software Programming

Code Complete, 2nd Edition

by Steve McConnell · 2004

2 source records

Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Code Complete, second edition to working software developers.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Recommended Reading for Developers

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Coding Horror · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

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Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Code Complete, second edition to working software developers.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Programmers Don’t Read Books – But You Should

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Coding Horror · 2008-04-28 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

Own explicit reader-facing recommendation. Selected book appears in the recommendation passage, not merely in a quoted third-party excerpt.

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Software Engineering Management

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister

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Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.

Documented citation · Recommended

Evidence details

Recommended Reading for Developers

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Coding Horror · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

Own explicit reader-facing recommendation. Selected book appears in the recommendation passage, not merely in a quoted third-party excerpt.

Open source

Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.

Documented citation · Recommended

Evidence details

Programmers Don’t Read Books – But You Should

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Coding Horror · 2008-04-28 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

Own explicit reader-facing recommendation. Selected book appears in the recommendation passage, not merely in a quoted third-party excerpt.

Open source

Bookshop.orgAffiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. Recommendations are included because of the source, not because of the retailer. Details