Shelf: non-fiction
Richard P. Feynman - Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman!
This book was published in 1985 as a loose collection of stories from Feynman ’s life. If he was at least half as gifted/driven as he makes himself to be in this book, he had to be an amazing …
Finished 1 August 2021
Software Engineering at Google
Subtitle: “Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time”. This book is fantastic. It goes over all software engineering disciplines and touches on testing, documentation, CI, deployment and …
Finished 22 May 2021
J.L. Collins - The simple path to wealth
Find out how to retire early and think about investing no more than a few hours a year. This book offers a truly simple method for becoming financially independent.
Finished 14 April 2021
George S. Clason - The Richest Man in Babylon
This short book is a good introduction to the world of personal finance. First released in 1926, it predates modern stock markets and cryptocurrencies, but its truths are no less valid. The book …
Finished 10 April 2021
Dan Vanderkam - Effective TypeScript
When I started my programming career as a Java developer, my boss recommended that I read Effective Java. Even though I had a few semesters of Java programming behind my belt, I had a very superficial …
Finished 5 March 2021
Randall Munroe - What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Same as in How to, it’s a pleasure to see Randall’s thought process when answering absurd but interesting physics questions. The following snippet from the book shows this well: A mole …
Finished 29 January 2021
Pierre Hadot - Philosophy as a Way of Life
Pierre Hadot was a French philosopher who spent his whole life studying ancient philosophy. He was a key proponent of thought that ancient philosophy was not the theoretical discipline studied at …
Finished 16 November 2020
Epictetus - Encheiridioin
Some things are up to us and some things are not up to us. The Stoic philosophy is very close to my heart because it teaches an approach to life, similar to Buddhism. Epictetus suggest that you only …
Finished 19 October 2020
Douglas E. Harding - On Having No Head
I’ve heard about Douglas' book when I read Waking Up from Sam Harris. On Having No Head is a spiritual book, first published in 1961. Giving a good pointer to what Buddha might have meant when …
Finished 17 August 2020
Ryan Singer - Shape Up
This book is free to read or download on the Basecamp website. This short book (130 pages) is a great overview of the product development process used by Basecamp. As it is always the case with books …
Finished 14 August 2020