Reading

Book shelf

What I am reading and what has shaped my thinking. Mostly data and systems, with a lot of detours.

Currently reading
Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsMartin Kleppmann

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann
72%
Building Applications with AI AgentsMichael Albada

Building Applications with AI Agents

Michael Albada
45%
Context Engineering for ObservabilityDavid Beale

Context Engineering for Observability

David Beale
20%
Reading archive

2026 reads

17 books

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong
4.3 ★

Stoner

John Williams
4.4 ★

The Keep

Jennifer Egan
3.9 ★

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna
4.8 ★

Gang Leader for a Day

Sudhir Venkatesh
4.2 ★

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen
4.6 ★

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte
3.1 ★Incomplete

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad
4.5 ★

Hope for Cynics

Jamil Zaki
2.5 ★

James

Percival Everett
3.4 ★

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy
3.5 ★Reread

Neuromancer

William Gibson
4.5 ★

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen
4.6 ★
The Genius MythHelen Lewis

The Genius Myth

Helen Lewis
4.4 ★

Train Dreams

Denis Johnson
4.1 ★

Casino Royale

Ian Fleming
4.3 ★

Why Machines Learn

Anil Ananthaswamy
4.4 ★