You want to get healthy. Maybe you've tried a bunch of alternatives: diets, exercise plans, but nothing seemed to stick. And that's not really surprising, because they are all the health equivalent of Big Design Up Front. There's a plan, and you're supposed to follow it, whatever happens.
That doesn't work when writing code, and it doesn't work when you're trying to redesign your body.
You don't want to be told what to do. You need to understand what's going on, what the variables are, and how you can experiment with them and measure the results. You want to work iteratively, and you want to start delivering those results quickly, and continue to deliver them regularly.
And that's exactly what you get when a programmer decides to research and write a book on getting healthy. Joe Kutner brings all the background, including new research that came to light after the first edition was published. With practical suggestions on how to include healthier practices incrementally, and how to maintain your motivation by unit testing the process as you go along.
Software development is not a particularly healthy profession: it's sedentary and stressful. We develop wrist, neck, and back problems. Screens are hard on our eyes. We tend to develop diabetes along with heart and weight problems.
But we can fix that. Read this full color book, a chapter at a time. Experiment with what you learn. It won't be long before you notice the positive changes, both in your body and your mind.
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