The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

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1. gz09Apr 2026
   our CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md specifically calls out good engineering books, which I think does help:

   From https://github.com/feldera/feldera/blob/main/CLAUDE.md:

   - Adhere to rules in "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell.

   - Adhere to rules in "The Art of Readable Code" by Dustin Boswell & Trevor Foucher.

   - Adhere to rules in "Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose" by Lyn Dupre.

   - Adhere to rules in "The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition" by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

   e.g., mentioning Elements of Style and Bugs in Writing certainly has helped our review LLM to make some great suggestions about English documentation PRs in the past.

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2. dv35zDec 2022
   I suggest buy these gems and read them (roughly) in this order, take it seriously - take notes.

   // Mindset (Important)

   - Think and Grow Rich https://a.co/d/fMmWnrI (listen to Earn Nightingale's "The Strangest Secret" daily while reading it - https://open.spotify.com/album/0bg1C7BwYZq5vXFpJOhZFM?si=wAB...; listen to everything else he's done: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gyPmRdEnJ6GVibKuQekoF?si=YD...)

   ^^ Take this one seriously, take notes, and when he says do something - do it, trust the system.

   - Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders https://a.co/d/8H4AsQg

   // Startup & Business

   - The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building https://a.co/d/daElAvL (MUST READ - extremely actionable)

   - A Radical Enterprise: Pioneering the Future of High-Performing Organizations https://a.co/d/d7LljeV

   // Writing & Speaking

   - On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction https://a.co/d/3Sb7vG4

   - Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds https://a.co/d/gd0LJuU

   - The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition https://a.co/d/bFYFQyo

   // Sales

   - Founding Sales: The Early Stage Go-to-Market Handbook https://a.co/d/gM1yZt7

   - The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation https://a.co/d/1FPKfmy

   - Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal https://a.co/d/86WRDtR

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   Best of luck of your journey.

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3. palmoteaApr 2026
   > - Adhere to rules in "The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition" by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

   FYI: The third edition was the last one by E. B. White. The fourth edition was revised by someone whose identity is unclear. For something so opinionated, I'd like to know whose opinions I'm reading.

   Not that it really matters for your LLM prompt, but it's worth pointing out.

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