4 Books That Made Me a Better Developer, Writer, and Person 📚

Lessons on productivity, habits, and life balance you can start applying today.

Create a pixel art image of a man multitasking. Give it a retro game aesthetic. Use eye-catching colors.

I’ve told you this before: it took me a week to read the first book I have read in ten years.

And boy, it feels good to read.

Software engineers don’t pay much attention to reading outside technical aspects of the industry. And that’s bad. They are limiting themselves by not being exposed to different ideas.

I was doing the same and I don’t want you to make the same mistake.

Here are the four books I read in 2024, how they shaped the way I live my life, and how they can change yours.

Let’s dive in!

1. Slow Productivity

Coined by Cal Newport, the bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, slow productivity is a philosophy based on three simple principles:

1. Do fewer things.

2. Work at a natural pace.

3. Obsess over quality.

It’s a different take …