The Day of the Triffids
Civilization ends overnight. Survival starts in the morning
Frightening and entirely plausible. Real people shaken out of the civilization they knew into a world dominated by triffids.
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 Book Of Satoshi
The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto's emails and forum posts from 2008 to 2010: Bitcoin's creation, its design decisions and the vision behind it.
Fahrenheit 451
A classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.
Ray Bradbury's dystopia about a fireman whose job is burning books, until a chance encounter makes him question all of it.
The Blocksize War
The battle for control over Bitcoin's protocol rules
Jonathan Bier chronicles the Bitcoin blocksize war of 2015 to 2017: the players, the strategies, and who controls the protocol.
Agile Project Management
A Beginner's Guide to Agile Implementation and Leadership
Waterfall projects ran over budget and shipped software nobody wanted to use. In 2001, a 68-word manifesto changed that.
Effective Remote Work
For Yourself, Your Team, and Your Company
An effective remote work environment is about treating everyone as remote, with everyone in mind having the same level, equality, and information.
Accelerate
Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
21 Lessons
What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
Bitcoin as more than just money: a deep dive into economics, philosophy, and culture. Like Alice in Wonderland, exploring Bitcoin is full of surprises.
Adapt or die
How to Create Innovation, Solve People Puzzles, and Win in Business
Told through the story of People First IT, this book lays out The Algorithm of Success for changing every part of an organization.
The infinite game
A bold framework for leadership in today's ever-changing world
From the bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today's ever-changing world.
Momo
Or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people
Momo is a modern fairytale that shows the fight between good and evil in our contemporary society, focusing on the lack of time to care for other people.
Recipes for Decoupling
Practical ways to free domain code from infrastructure
What coupling is and why it hurts. A compilation of strategies to decouple your domain code from infrastructure details.
The Essential Drucker
The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management
Twenty-six selections from Drucker on management in the organization, the individual and society. The principles that still hold.
Dare to lead
Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Leadership is not about titles or power. It is about recognising potential in people and developing it. Courage over comfort.
Continuous Discovery Habits
Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
Teresa Torres on a decision-making process that keeps product teams in touch with customers and improving what they ship.
The Great CEO Within
The Tactical Guide to Company Building
How to scale from startup to company with a system of accountability, real problem solving and transparent feedback.
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Cut off a spider's head and it dies. Cut off a starfish's leg and it grows back. How decentralized organizations change business.
Clean Craftsmanship
Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics
Uncle Bob on the three pillars of craftsmanship: TDD disciplines with examples, standards for teams, and a programmer's ethics.
Modern Software Engineering
Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
Dave Farley presents software development as engineering at every level: becoming expert at learning and managing complexity.
Bitcoin: Blockchain y su investigación
Published in 2017, most of the technology shown is already history
How is a Bitcoin address created? How do private and public keys become a wallet? A technical walk through the fundamentals.