https://joaovieira.ca/tags/book-reviews/ Recent content in Book Reviews on João Vieira (JV) https://joaovieira.ca/profile.jpeg https://joaovieira.ca/profile.jpeg Hugo en-us Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:20:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2025/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:20:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2025/ Discover the top 2 books that shaped my 2025, with practical lessons on communicating across cultures and telling clearer, more memorable stories. https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-culture-map/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:50:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-culture-map/ These are my learnings from the book The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-unit-testing/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:14:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-unit-testing/ These are my learnings from the book Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-storyworthy/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:50:11 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-storyworthy/ These are my learnings from the book Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2024/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:20:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2024/ Discover the top 3 books that shaped my 2024, offering valuable lessons on self-awareness, decision-making, and health transformation. https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:16:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/ These are my learnings from the book I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-hidden-potential/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:16:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-hidden-potential/ These are my learnings from the book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things written by Adam Grant https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-comfort-crisis/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:18:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-comfort-crisis/ These are my learnings from the book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self written by Michael Easter https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-a-guide-to-the-good-life/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:29:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-a-guide-to-the-good-life/ These are my learnings from the book A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy written by William B. Irvine https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-good-enough-job/ Sun, 26 May 2024 14:14:11 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-good-enough-job/ These are my learnings from the book The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-designing-data-intensive-applications/ Thu, 16 May 2024 19:54:35 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-designing-data-intensive-applications/ These are my learnings from the book Designing Data-Intensive Applications https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-outlive/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:14:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-outlive/ These are my learnings from the book Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity written by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-an-immense-world/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:05:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-an-immense-world/ These are my learnings from the book An Immense World: How Animals Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us written by Ed Yong https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-clear-thinking/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:05:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-clear-thinking/ These are my learnings from the book Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results written by Shane Parrish https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2023/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:50:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/best-books-2023/ Out of 23 books, I selected 5 of my favorite books in 2023 to share with you https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-five-invitations/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:05:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-five-invitations/ These are my learnings from the book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully written by Frank Ostaseski https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-same-as-ever/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:22:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-same-as-ever/ These are my learnings from the book Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes written by Morgan Housel https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-pro-spring-6/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:54:35 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-pro-spring-6/ These are my learnings from the book Pro Spring 6: An In-Depth Guide to the Spring Framework https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-four-thousand-weeks/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-four-thousand-weeks/ These are my learnings from the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals written by Oliver Burkeman https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-atomic-habits/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 10:20:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-atomic-habits/ These are my learnings from the book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones written by James Clear https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-never-split-difference/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:20:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-never-split-difference/ These are my learnings from the book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It written by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-foundations-scalable-systems/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-foundations-scalable-systems/ These are my learnings from the book Foundations of Scalable Systems: Designing Distributed Architectures written by Ian Gorton https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-excellent-advice-for-living/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:20:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-excellent-advice-for-living/ These are my learnings from the book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier written by Kevin Kelly https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-song-of-significance/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-song-of-significance/ These are my learnings from the book Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams written by Seth Godin https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-quit/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:20:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-quit/ These are my learnings from the book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away written by Annie Duke https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-think-again/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:50:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-think-again/ These are my learnings from the book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-staff-enginners-path/ Tue, 16 May 2023 20:40:35 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-staff-enginners-path/ These are my learnings from the book The Staff Engineer’s Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change written by Tanya Reilly https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-earned-life/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:22:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-the-earned-life/ These are my learnings from the book The Earned Life - Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment, written by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-rabbitmq-depth/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 21:24:35 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-rabbitmq-depth/ These are my 5 most important learnings from the book RabbitMQ in Depth written by Gavin M. Roy https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-extreme-ownership/ Sun, 02 Apr 2023 11:45:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-extreme-ownership/ These are my learnings from the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-being-mortal/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:09:27 -0700 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-being-mortal/ These are my learnings from the book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, written by Atul Gawande https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-mastering-distributed-tracing/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:03:35 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-mastering-distributed-tracing/ These are my learnings from the book Mastering Distributed Tracing: Analyzing Performance in Microservices and Complex Systems https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-why-we-sleep/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:13:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-why-we-sleep/ These are my learnings from the book Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, written by Matthew Walker https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-how-will-measure-your-life/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:22:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-how-will-measure-your-life/ These are my learnings from the book How will you measure your life?, written by psychologists Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:02:27 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me/ These are my learnings from the book Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-distributed-tracing-practice/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:24:35 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-distributed-tracing-practice/ These are my learnings from the book Distributed Tracing in Practice: Instrumenting, Analyzing, and Debugging Microservices https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-lets-talk-about-death-over-dinner/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:59:23 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-book-lets-talk-about-death-over-dinner/ These are my learnings from the book Let’s talk about death (over dinner) by Michael Hebb https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-from-books-series/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:46:34 -0800 https://joaovieira.ca/learnings-from-books-series/ This Learning from Books series documents the things that I learned and liked about the books that I read