Library

Books, learning resources, and short notes from what I am working through. Update this blurb whenever you change cadence.

Now reading

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann · started Mar 2026

Replication and partitioning chapters are reshaping how I think about our reporting database. Slow read but worth it.

The Pragmatic Programmer

Hunt & Thomas · started May 2026

Reread, second time around. The “tracer bullets” chapter finally clicked.

Bookshelf

Recently finished.

2026
Atomic Habits — James Clear
Habit-stacking framework actually stuck. Small routines beat big resolutions.
2025
Clean Code — Robert C. Martin
Useful but dated. Skim chapters 1–6, skip the rest.
2025
Domain-Driven Design Quickly — Avram & Marinescu
Free PDF. Changed how I name things at work. Worth the 90 min.
Learning

Sites and courses I actually return to.

LeetCode Practice for data structures and algorithms — replace this line with how you use it. CodingBat Warm-up problems in Python and Java. roadmap.sh High-level tracks when I want a map of what to study next. Rustlings Official Rust exercises — swap the link if you are not using Rust. Frontend Masters Paid courses; edit or remove rows you do not use.
Notes from this month RSS →
12 May
Why I am migrating parsers to Rust
Placeholder row — link to a real post when you publish one.
→ 04 May
Three things I learned debugging Postgres locks
A long Friday night, a stuck transaction, and a healthier respect for pg_stat_activity.
→ 27 Apr
A small win with cron + Slack
A short script replaced a manual report — edit to match your story.
→