# Good books for deep hacks

DevFeed: [Good books for deep hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/good-books-for-deep-hacks-21475.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://begriffs.com/posts/2017-04-13-longterm-computing-reading.html>)

Published: 2017-04-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Joe Nelson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/joe-nelson.md>)

Topics: [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/d.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Document Object Model (DOM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dom.md>)

Tags: [books](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [deep](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep.md>), [deep-dive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-dive.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>)

## AI overview

A curated reading list for long-term study of computer technology through projects and technically deep books. It emphasizes mature and historical ideas, C, manual memory management, concurrency, performance measurement, experimentation, debugging, SQL, transactions, recovery, TCP/IP, IPv6, radio, mesh networking, and delay-tolerant networked programs.

## Source excerpt

2017-04-13 For the past few months I've been compiling a list of books for a deep dive into interesting technical topics. My theory is that working on projects based on these topics will be like strong individual threads I can weave into epic hacks. This list is basically a curriculum for decades of learning about the wonders of computers. What's exciting about many of these books is how they draw on the good ideas from history.