Intempt library

We keep a curated collection of books, talks, and resources that have shaped how we think and work. Everyone at Intempt is encouraged to contribute. These picks connect to our Values, Engineering Principles, and Learning & Development goals.

Engineering

• Clean Code -- Robert C. Martin
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications -- Martin Kleppmann
• The Pragmatic Programmer -- David Thomas & Andrew Hunt
• System Design Interview -- Alex Xu
• Refactoring -- Martin Fowler

People, relationships, and influence

• How to Win Friends and Influence People -- Dale Carnegie
• Crucial Conversations -- Kerry Patterson et al.
• Never Split the Difference -- Chris Voss
• The Culture Code -- Daniel Coyle

Strategy and business

• Zero to One -- Peter Thiel
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things -- Ben Horowitz
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy -- Richard Rumelt
• Crossing the Chasm -- Geoffrey Moore

Leadership

• High Output Management -- Andy Grove
• The Manager's Path -- Camille Fournier
• Turn the Ship Around -- L. David Marquet
• Leaders Eat Last -- Simon Sinek

Product thinking

• Inspired -- Marty Cagan
• The Lean Startup -- Eric Ries
• Hooked -- Nir Eyal
• Continuous Discovery Habits -- Teresa Torres

Growth: personal and product

• Atomic Habits -- James Clear
• Measure What Matters -- John Doerr
• Hacking Growth -- Sean Ellis & Morgan Brown
• The Compound Effect -- Darren Hardy

Mental health and mindfulness

• Why We Sleep -- Matthew Walker
• Burnout -- Emily & Amelia Nagoski
• The Body Keeps the Score -- Bessel van der Kolk
• Digital Minimalism -- Cal Newport

Effectiveness

• Deep Work -- Cal Newport
• Getting Things Done -- David Allen
• Essentialism -- Greg McKeown
• The 4-Hour Workweek -- Timothy Ferriss