The Software Engineer’s Guidebook

A guide for growing to senior and beyond in the software industry, by @GergelyOrosz. An Amazon #1 Best Seller. Get the book at

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The Software Engineer's Guidebook is (finally!) out today!

413 pages, 27 chapters, 10 online-only bonus chapters, and 4 years of writing.

Available to order as paperback, off Amazon:

Thank you for all the patience - hopefully, it was worth the wait!

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Available in 9 languages now:

German, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hungarian, Mongolian - and Russian! And, English, of course. Get any and all of them here: https://t.co/vDC6lWFno1

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Small news to most, big news to me: The Software Engineer’s Guidebook is the best-selling tech book in Hungary, a few days after the Hungarian translation launched!

(This is the 8th language it was translated to!)

The best-selling list in the largest books retailer in the country: https://t.co/LC9NlmsExJ

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The Software Engineers Guidebook (@EngGuidebook) was available in 7 additional languages till now (German, Japanese, Korean, Trad Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Mongolian, Russian): now out in Hungarian! Carried in all major bookstores in Hungary.

Found it in a Libri in Veszprém:

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One of the best articles on this is from @copyconstruct at

https://t.co/RQ6BL4RPVw

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These are called post-commit code reviews, and they have been popular inside more mature teams (and at places where releases are not continuous, but done less frequently).

From The Software Engineer's Guidebook, in Chapter 23, Software Engineering:

[Cory House @housecor]

Just learned a team at Microsoft is doing code reviews *after* merge.

Why? To move faster.

No more pausing work to wait for code reviews.
No need for stacked PRs.
No more time-consuming merge conflicts caused by long code review delays.

This has risks, but may work well for a team that is:
- mature
- high trust
- has strong automated quality checks

[kate @whoiskatrin]

my Christmas read has just arrived

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The Software Engineer's Guidebook has now been translated to 6 languages 👀

Selling as a localized book in Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Mongolia

Get those versions here: https://t.co/AxKb8y0qix

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Wow - The Japanese translation of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is this week's best seller in Tokyo's largest bookshop, Kinokuniya Shinjuku (photo from the store)

Thanks to @ryukbk for the standout translation, and @OReillyMedia Japan for publishing.

https://t.co/fdZ95qJBz7

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Black Friday deal: the DRM-free ebook and audiobook version of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is 40% off.

Use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 at checkout:

ebook: https://t.co/KbhqWjHf6g

Audiobook: https://t.co/Lsp0c203Ro

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This was a long-requested format, and it’s now available:

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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook (@EngGuidebook) is now available as hardcover from Amazon. Here’s me holding the first print (the proof - it’s nice!)

And it’s also out as an ebook on the O’Reilly platform.

Get it here: https://t.co/x5iKgGZqaY

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I learned how The Software Engineer’s Guidebook (@EngGuidebook) ended up being translated to Mongolian:

This engineer (Suiribaatar) bought the English version, liked it, and suggested to his company (Nasha Tech) to translate it.

The company did it.

You can just do things.

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Pinch me: the Mongolian translation of The Software Engineer's Guidebook (@EngGuidebook) is ready. The book launch will be on Monday, in the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

I'll be there!

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Yes - @EngGuidebook as an audiobook available on all platforms, including Audible and a DRM-free purchase as well!

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The Software Engineer's Guidebook: audiobook is now available on Audible.

Search for "The Software Engineer's Guidebook"

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After a year of publishing, The Software Engineer's Guidebook has passed 33,000 copies sold (not counting translations recently out in German and Korean)

Thank you to everyone who read it.

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Audible is an example of a product that is wonderful for customers, but treats publishers and authors poorly.

It is also a platform that seems to have grown complacent - and approves new titles slowly, unlike its competitors.

More details: https://t.co/NKJxXilSnc

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The audiobook version of The Software Engineer's Guidebook is out today!

Get it everywhere - except for Audible.

Read on on why this is the case...

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It will eventually released on other major audiobook platforms as well.

However: Other platforms like Audible can take 4-6 more weeks to release.

The Spotify team helpfully expedited it (thank you!)

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The Software Engineer's Guidebook Audiobook is coming... first to Spotify!

https://t.co/ICa9QL33ao

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An important difference between software engineering and many other engineering disciplines (eg civil engineering):

physical laws are a lot less limiting for software engineering, thanks to the intangible nature of software

From The Software Engineer’s Guidebook, Chapter 15