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Business & Startups

• The Mom TestRob FitzpatrickHow to ask customers questions that even your mom can't lie about, so you learn whether your idea is any good.
• The SaaS PlaybookRob WallingRob Walling's playbook for building a bootstrapped B2B SaaS company, from product-market fit through pricing, marketing, hiring, and metrics.

Software Engineering

• A Philosophy of Software DesignJohn OusterhoutOusterhout's case that software design is mostly about reducing complexity, with deep modules, information hiding, and good comments as the main tools.

Mind & Brain

• A Brief History of IntelligenceMax BennettHow five evolutionary breakthroughs built the human brain, and what each one teaches about building artificial intelligence.