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Joel Spolsky

Software developer and computing founder

A cofounder of Fog Creek Software and creator of Stack Overflow with Jeff Atwood. His original posts recommend software team practices and practical usability testing.

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Books Joel Spolsky recommends, documented so far

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Software Engineering Management

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister

Documented citation: Joel Spolsky recommends that software managers read Peopleware regularly.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Peopleware reading recommendation

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Joel on Software · 2000-03-30 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

Own positive recommendation identifies the book and its practical value for software teams.

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Design Software

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

by Steve Krug · 2009

Documented citation: Joel Spolsky recommends Rocket Surgery Made Easy as a practical usability-testing guide.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Rocket Surgery Made Easy

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Joel on Software · 2010-01-25 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Own reading recommendation

Own positive recommendation identifies the book and its practical value for software teams.

Open source

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