Shelf
Books, references, and ideas that have shaped how I learn and build.
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Programming
20 books
C++
Learning C++
Neil Graham
C++ for Dummies
Stephen Randy Davis
Programming - Principles and Practice Using C++
Bjarne Stroustrup
C++ - The Complete Reference
Herbert Schildt
Effective Modern C++ - 42 Specific Ways to Improve Use of C++11 and C++14
Scott Meyers
A book I return to when I want to understand what modern C++ is actually doing beneath the syntax. It changed how I think about ownership, type deduction, and interfaces.
Web
HTML, CSS & Javascript for Dummies
Chris Minnick • Ed Tittel • Eva Holland
HTML & CSS - Design and Build Websites
Jon Duckett
Javascript - The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
PHP & MySQL Web Development
Luke Welling • Laura Thomson
Learning PHP, MySQL & Javascript - A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites
Robin Nixion
Laravel Up & Running - A framework for Building Modern PHP Apps
Matt Stauffer
One of the books that helped turn Laravel from a framework I could use into a system I could reason about.
Modern PHP - New Features and Good Practices
Josh Lockhart
Systems
Mathematics
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Other
9 books
Literature
Nonfiction
The Personal MBA - Master The Art of Business
Josh Kaufman
A useful counterweight to spending all my time thinking about implementation. Building software is only part of building something people will pay for.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Maps of Meaning - The Architecture of Belief
Jordan B. Peterson
Goals! - How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy
Stillness is The Key - An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life
Ryan Holiday
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Bookmark
19 links
Docs
C++ Reference
https://cppreference.com/
wxWidgets Cross-Platform GUI Library
https://wxwidgets.org/docs/
PHP Manual - A General-Purpose Scripting Language
https://www.php.net/manual/en/
Laravel Documentation
https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/
My primary reference when I need to verify framework behaviour rather than rely on memory or AI-generated assumptions.
Inertia Documentation
https://inertiajs.com/docs/v3/getting-started/index/
React API Reference - Overview
https://react.dev/reference/react
Vue API Reference
https://vuejs.org/api/
Nuxt Internals - API Reference
https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/api/
Livewire Documentation
https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/4.x/components/
Tailwindcss - Core Concepts
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/styling-with-utility-classes/
Mozilla Developer Network - Resources for Developers
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
DevDocs API Documentation
https://devdocs.io
PostgreSQL - Reference
https://postgresql.org/docs/current/reference.html
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