Meditations
A Roman emperor's private notes on how to live
The private notebook Marcus Aurelius wrote for himself while running an empire. Stoicism with the theory stripped out.
Readings
Book summaries and notes from my reading journey across software craftsmanship, psychology, philosophy, and personal development. Each entry includes key takeaways and my own reflections. If you're looking for your next book or want the essential ideas without the full read, start here.
The Art of Being Happy
50 rules for life from philosophy's most famous pessimist
Schopenhauer's 50 rules for practical happiness, built on avoiding suffering rather than chasing pleasure.
Notes from Underground
I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man.
A bitter, hyper-conscious man retreats from society to wrestle with free will, spite, and the stubborn irrationality of human nature.
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Lyn Alden traces monetary history through a technological lens, from commodity money to fiat to Bitcoin, and why the system fails.
Principles of Economics
Prices, capital and money through an Austrian lens
Saifedean Ammous on why prices rise and money loses value, told through the lens of Austrian economics. What stood out to me.
The Road to Serfdom
How central planning can slowly erode freedom
A quick and plain-English summary of Hayek's classic take on freedom, planning, and why good intentions can still go very wrong.
Digital Minimalism
Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Cal Newport's philosophy is not about rejecting technology but using it with intention, to reclaim focus and reduce anxiety.
Criptoria
From Turing to Nakamoto
From Greece to Bitcoin: the milestones connecting mathematics, cryptography, computing and the struggle for individual sovereignty.
Bitcoin with Rigor
A technical study about how Bitcoin works
A detailed analysis of how Bitcoin works, component by component, with its potential and its risks as a monetary experiment.
Man's Search for Meaning
Purpose in despair: Frankl's holocaust insights
Frankl shares his experience of the Holocaust and a philosophy about finding purpose even in the darkest of times.
Bitcoin: A Work in Progress
Technical innovations from the trenches
They say Bitcoin is old and boring. This book walks through its latest developments, seen by one of its own developers.
Mastering Bitcoin
Programming the Open Blockchain
From the basics to the deepest technical details of how Bitcoin works. The guide for taking part in the Internet of Money.
The Genesis Book
The Story of the People and Projects That Inspired Bitcoin
Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. The people and projects that spent decades trying to build money free of government control.
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, And Helping Your Business Win
An impossible project, people playing politics, and endless quick patches, instead of anyone helping the business thrive.
Radical Candor
How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
Kim Scott, former Google leader, on being a great manager: empathetic and results-oriented, where people can speak freely.
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful
Most startups fail, and many of those failures are preventable. The approach that changed how companies build and launch.
Invincible
Achieve More, Suffer Less
Marcos Vazquez combines stoic philosophy with modern psychology to train your mind for clarity, determination, and discipline in the face of adversity.
The Alchemist
A long journey toward a simple truth
Santiago, a shepherd boy, journeys towards the pyramids chasing a dream and learns what actually matters in life.
Crucial Conversations
Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
The tools to handle life's hardest conversations: say what is on your mind and still reach the resolution you want.
It's Your Ship
Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
Michael Abrashoff on how he transformed the performance and culture of the USS Benfold, and the leadership principles behind it.