Show HN：你可能从未读过的稀有科技书籍与文档

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46 internal memos, leaked handbooks and forgotten books from the people who built Apple, Intel, Google, Netflix and Facebook. Every one is free to read or borrow.

Documents

1. Word for Windows PostmortemPeter Jackson, Microsoft1989
2. Letter to See's CandyWarren Buffett1972
3. Intel Convertible Debentures MemoNoyce, Moore & Rock1968
4. The Apple Marketing PhilosophyMike Markkula1977
5. The YouTube Investment MemoRoelof Botha, Sequoia2005
6. The Instagram EmailsMark Zuckerberg2012
7. Thoughts on MessengerMark Zuckerberg2014
8. Road Kill on the Information HighwayNathan Myhrvold, Microsoft1993
9. “Holy War with Google”Steve Jobs2010
10. The Tinkerings of Robert NoyceTom Wolfe, Esquire1983
11. The Eternal Pursuit of UnhappinessOgilvy & Mather2009
12. The Little Red BookFacebook2012
13. Ilya Sutskever's DepositionIlya Sutskever2025
14. The OpenAI Founding EmailsMusk, Altman, Sutskever & Brockman2015
15. The Internet Tidal WaveBill Gates1995
16. The Peanut Butter ManifestoBrad Garlinghouse, Yahoo2006
17. Distributed Computing ManifestoAmazon1998
18. Information Management: A ProposalTim Berners-Lee, CERN1989
19. The Buffett Partnership LettersWarren Buffett1957
20. R.I.P. Good TimesSequoia Capital2008
21. The “Burning Platform” MemoStephen Elop, Nokia2011
22. Stevey's Google Platforms RantSteve Yegge2011
23. How to Succeed in MrBeast ProductionMrBeast2024
24. We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAIGoogle (leaked)2023
25. Netflix Culture DeckReed Hastings2009
26. Thoughts on FlashSteve Jobs2010

Books

1. DTVMichael Moritz2020
2. Distant ForceGeorge A. Roberts2007
3. The Power of Fastenal PeopleRobert A. Kierlin1997
4. Tandy's Money MachineIrvin Farman1992
5. Startup: A Silicon Valley AdventureJerry Kaplan1995
6. Estée: A Success StoryEstée Lauder1985
7. Kelly: More Than My Share of It AllClarence “Kelly” Johnson1985
8. Insisting on the ImpossibleVictor K. McElheny1998
9. Not for Bread AloneKonosuke Matsushita1984
10. Fumbling the FutureDouglas K. Smith & Robert C. Alexander1988
11. Hard DriveJames Wallace & Jim Erickson1992
12. Odyssey: Pepsi to AppleJohn Sculley1987
13. ManagingHarold Geneen1984
14. Made in JapanAkio Morita1986
15. A Business and Its BeliefsThomas J. Watson Jr.1963
16. Plain TalkKen Iverson1997
17. Random Reminiscences of Men and EventsJohn D. Rockefeller1909
18. Father, Son & Co.Thomas J. Watson Jr.1990
19. HardballGeorge Stalk & Rob Lachenauer2004
20. The HP WayDavid Packard1995