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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

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Code Complete, 2nd Edition

by Steve McConnell · 2004

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

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Coding Horror

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Recommended Reading for Developers

Updated reading list first posted February 2004 and last updated September 2025; selected entry date is unverified. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word 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.

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

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Coding Horror

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Programmers Don’t Read Books – But You Should

Own separate post names the book among five that working programmers should own and read. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word 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.

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister

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Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Coding Horror

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Recommended Reading for Developers

Updated reading list first posted February 2004 and last updated September 2025; selected entry date is unverified. Linked retailer third edition was published in 2013; no claim that this later edition was recommended in 2008. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word 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.

Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Coding Horror

Evidence details

Programmers Don’t Read Books – But You Should

Own separate post names the book among five that working programmers should own and read. Linked retailer third edition was published in 2013; no claim that this later edition was recommended in 2008. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word 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.

Bookshop.org