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Book Overflow

Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups

In a world of short-form content, it"s important to engage with long-form ideas. Book Overflow is a podcast created for software engineers, by software engineers to discuss the best technical books in the world. Join co-hosts Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups each week as they discuss a new technical book! New episodes every Monday!

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01:04:03

Revenge of the Microservices! - Software...

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2026/04/06

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan begin discussing Software Architecture: The Hard Parts!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:07:43

Is Strategy Worth It? - Crafting Engineering Strategy...

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2026/03/30

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan finish discussing Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larson!Try Mailtrap for free with our link! https://l.rw.rw/book_overflow_1Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this

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01:16:48

Cope is Not a Strategy - Crafting Engineering...

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2026/03/23

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan continue discussing Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larson!Try Mailtrap for free with our link! https://l.rw.rw/book_overflow_1Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this

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01:11:24

How Engineering Leaders Approach Strategy - Crafting...

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2026/03/16

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larson!Try Mailtrap for free with our link! https://l.rw.rw/book_overflow_1Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note:

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01:02:00

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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2026/03/09

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan take a break from their usual discussion of technical books and review Project Hail Mary by (former software engineer) Andy Weir!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode

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01:47:39

Carl Brown Discusses All Things AI

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2026/03/05

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan meet again with Carl Brown to discuss Reflections on Trusting Trust, Coding Machines, and all things AI!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon

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01:03:54

The Shifting Role of Software Engineering -...

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2026/03/02

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:11:27

DevEx in the Age of AI - Frictionless by Nicole...

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2026/02/23

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:15:41

When Machines Can Code - Reflections on Trusting...

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2026/02/16

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Ken Thompson's essay Reflections on Trusting Trust and the short story Coding Machines by Lawrence Kesteloot!Big thanks to user 0b00101010 from the Book Overflow Discord for the recommendation! Join it here: https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session

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01:25:45

The Ethics of Data-Intensive Applications - Designing...

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2026/02/09

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan finish discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:22:00

Time is an Illusion - Designing Data-Intensive...

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2026/02/02

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan continue discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:05:36

Austen McDonald Reflects on Mastering Behavioral...

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2026/01/30

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan are joined by Austen McDonald, author of Mastering Behavioral Interviews!Original book discussion: https://youtu.be/ZA_rG3O46BwJoin the official Book Overflow Discord! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in

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01:18:31

Replication, Partitioning, & Transactions - Designing...

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2026/01/26

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan continue discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:20:23

Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability -...

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2026/01/19

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan begin discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:06:03

Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonald

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2026/01/12

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonald!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:24:48

March Madness in December! Comparing Every Book We've...

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2025/12/15

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan stick everything they've ever read into a March Madness-style bracket to determine what their favorite thing they've ever read is!Big thanks to some of our superfans who helped with this episode!Jose Villalta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvillalta/Nick Severinchik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-severinchik-56463176/David Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-johnson-09891732/-- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching

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01:03:15

Will Larson Reflects on Staff Engineer

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2025/12/08

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan are joined by Will Larson, author of Staff Engineer!The first ten listeners to tag Book Overflow on LinkedIn and share a link to this interview will receive a free copy of Will's new book, Crafting Engineering Strategy!-- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session

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01:13:53

Accountability Check (2025)

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2025/12/01

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan follow up on all of the changes they promised to make in their careers as a result of having read 2025's books. Let's see how they did!----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative:

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00:56:07

Steve Flanders Reflects on Mastering OpenTelemetry

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2025/11/24

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan are joined by Steve Flanders, author of Mastering OpenTelemetry!-- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying

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01:05:28

Programming Parables to Astound your Coworkers - The...

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2025/11/17

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the essay The Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James-- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------The Tao of

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