Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Locus Awards
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Editors’ Pick · Book-powered career compounding
A single focused book can out-teach months of scattered tutorials. Every day we spotlight one title, wrap it in reviews, nested conversations and live bookish news—so your next reading hour always compounds.
“Every chapter you read compounds like interest on your future skills.”
The debugger and I are in a serious relationship. This book is our couples therapy.
Book of the day
July 10, 2025
Carefully chosen to help you think more clearly about applied software engineering and ship work you’re proud of.
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4.1/5 · highly recommended
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🔥 Hot · frequently highlighted
Turn “I hope this works” into “I know why this works.”
Stop doom-scrolling and start result-scrolling through your own notes.
Swap endless tabs for one structured, bookmark-worthy reference.
Today’s spotlight
101 Generative AI Projects: Diffusion Models, Transformers, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs (Paperback)
applied software engineering
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Introduction to WebNN API in 20 Minutes - Coffee Book Series (Paperback)
modern web development
Editors’ pick
We quietly track how titles cluster across topics so you can balance your shelf between comfort reads and “stretch your brain” picks.
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Reading psychology
“A focused hour with a good book easily beats a distracted week of tutorials.”
Pair that idea with the book of the day, a quiet beverage, and a 25-minute timer. Tiny rituals make reading automatic.
Dev-life humour
My code works. I have no idea why. Time to write a book about it.
The bugs will still be there later. The clarity you get from a single focused chapter might mean you squash them faster.