A guide for growing to senior and beyond in the software industry, by @GergelyOrosz. An Amazon #1 Best Seller. Get the book at engguidebook.com
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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: engguidebook.com/
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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: libri.hu/sikerlista/online-a…
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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook retweeted
May 31
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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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:
Mar 29
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
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One of the best articles on this is from @copyconstruct at
copyconstruct.medium.com/pos…
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16 Dec 2025
my Christmas read has just arrived
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14 Dec 2025
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: engguidebook.com/#translatio…
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11 Dec 2025
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.
amazon.co.jp/dp/4814401213/r…
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27 Nov 2025
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: gergelyorosz.gumroad.com/l/e…
Audiobook: gergelyorosz.gumroad.com/l/d…
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16 Oct 2025
This was a long-requested format, and it’s now available:
16 Oct 2025
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: engguidebook.com
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23 Jun 2025
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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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook retweeted
20 Jun 2025
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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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook retweeted
31 May 2025
Yes - @EngGuidebook as an audiobook available on all platforms, including Audible and a DRM-free purchase as well!
31 May 2025
I somehow missed the news that SEG book by @GergelyOrosz is available as an audiobook.
I'm 2 chapters deep and seems really promising. Will keep you posted.
audible.com/pd/B0DWYPJ4K3?so…
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13 Feb 2025
The Software Engineer's Guidebook: audiobook is now available on Audible.
Search for "The Software Engineer's Guidebook"
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19 Dec 2024
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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10 Dec 2024
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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10 Dec 2024
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: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/w…
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook Audiobook is coming... first to Spotify!
open.spotify.com/show/3fZG88…
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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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28 Nov 2024
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
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