Over the years, I have read many books, watched many videos and attended a number of conferences.

Below is a list of some that I have found to be particularly useful at some point during my career.

Books:

Modern Software Engineering - Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
Dave Farley
Continuous Architecture in Practice: Software Architecture in the Age of Agility and DevOps
Murat Erder, Pierre Pureur, Eoin Woods
Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy
Vlad Khononov
Architecture Patterns with Python: Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices
Harry Percival, Bob Gregory
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track
Will Larson
Learning Systems Thinking - Essential Non-Linear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals
Diana Montalion
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Robert C. Martin
Untrapping Product Teams: Simplify the Complexity of Creating Digital Products
David Pereira
The subtle art of not giving a fuck
Mark Manson
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
Kim Scott
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier
The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier

Videos:

Balancing Coupling in Software Design
Vlad Khononov
Getting modules right with Domain-driven Design
Michael Plöd
Uncoupling
Michael Nygard
Domain Driven Design Patterns in Python
Robert Smallshire

Conferences:

SDD (Software Design & Development)
I attended the main conference in May 2024 and the Deep-Dive workshops in November 2023
Agile meets Architecture
I attended in April 2025 in Berlin