DriveThe Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Author: Daniel H. Pink Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us is a book that I recently read and found to be highly insightful. The author, Daniel H. Pink, explores the science of motivation and argues that the traditional carrot-and-stick approach is outdated and ineffective. He claims that in today’s rapidly changing and complex world, autonomy, mastery, and purpose are the most important drivers of motivation. ...
Projekt FeniksPowieść o IT, modelu DevOps i o tym, jak pomóc firmie w odniesieniu sukcesu Authors: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
Pragmatyczny programistaOd czeladnika do mistrza Authors: Andrew Hunt, David Thomas I first read this book almost 10 years ago, but didn’t write a proper review at the time. Over the recent Christmas break, I revisited it and gave it a second read which resulted in bit of Go programming 😁. Reading it in 2025, you can feel the book is dated. The authors are enthusiastic about Java and CORBA1, and use Perl for daily tasks. Even though I did similar things around 2015, my workflow has changed since then. Newer tools and architectures have made things even simpler. ...
Getting Things DoneCzyli sztuka bezstresowej efektywności Author: David Allen My first encounter with the “Getting Things Done” methodology actually happened thanks to the book “Time Management: Strategies for System Administrators” - when I was still a student. The idea of creating paper lists with tasks seemed a bit crazy to me at the time, but as a geek, I was always on the lookout for apps, and tools that could help. ...
Zarządzanie czasemStrategie dla administratorów systemów Author: Thomas Limoncelli This book was my first introduction to task management and “Getting Things Done” methodology. At this time I was still a student, and as it was referenced in this book I was performing backups of servers on the tapes (HP LTO). So this small tip on how often to change tapes, made my life easier. I also implemented Nagios in the company where I was working to improve monitoring. I also ...