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Reading
Notes on books that intersect programming, craft, and ideas worth returning to alongside the main blog.
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Practical lessons, personal reflections, and honest reactions from self-help, novels, and meaningful reads.
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A balanced review of Robert Greene's controversial classic exploring its insights, dangers, and enduring relevance for navigating power dynamics.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
A dense, sometimes stubborn, often brilliant guide that kept pulling me back whenever I thought I was done with it.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Jim Collins's study of why some companies make the leap from good to truly great. The research is dated in places, but the Hedgehog Concept and Level 5 leadership still hold up.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Patrick King's primer on reading body language, motives, and emotional states. Useful chapters scattered inside a book that repeats itself more than it needs to.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Yuval Noah Harari's sweeping tour of human history, from cognitive revolution to scientific age. Provocative, sometimes too confident, always readable.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Charles Duhigg's deep dive into how habits form, break, and quietly run your life. The cookie experiment alone is worth the price of the book.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Darius Foroux's short book on thinking clearly. Fast, practical, and occasionally thin. Useful if you want a reset on how you notice your own thoughts.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
Cal Newport's case for sustained focus in a distracted economy. The most useful productivity book I have read in years, and the one I go back to when my attention starts falling apart.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
James Clear's modern classic on habit formation. After two full reads, here is what actually stuck for me, and the one famous chapter I think is a little oversold.
Apr 2026
Non-fiction
The Japanese idea of purpose, explored through the world's longest-living people in Okinawa. A gentle, useful introduction that tries a little hard to stretch a simple idea into a full book.
Apr 2026
