The Book of Devs...

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx

What books, not about C++, would you recommend to someone starting out learning C++ and software development?

And going a bit further, what areas (IoT, embedded systems, cryptography, SDR, etc.) are you interested in and are there books^* that you would recommend (beginner, intermediate, etc.)?
*other resources welcome

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I'm not much of a developer anymore (not that I ever was I guess), but I've done a strange combination of tech support, network administration, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing. Some of the books I've found helpful were:

* The Bash guide http://folk.ntnu.no/geirha/bashguide.pdf (arguably the best resource for learning Bash shell scripting)
* The Devops Handbook
* The Phoenix Project
* The Mythical Man Month
* UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (not really helpful for software development at all, but still a good resource IMO)
* Modern Compiler Implementation in ML. I didn't understand a word of it but it seemed like it was pretty good

edit: just saw that other resources were allowed

* https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/ this blog post really helped me understand how certificates and certificate chains work
* https://tls.ulfheim.net/ a good resource when you're reviewing a TLS session in a packet capture, or just want to understand more about TLS in general