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I read widely and slowly. Fiction for joy, non-fiction for understanding, and technical books for craft.
Currently ReadingJump to section titled Currently Reading
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese A sweeping family saga set in Kerala. Taking my time with this one—it's not a book to rush.
Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows Re-reading, actually. Notes going into the garden.
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2025Jump to section titled 2025
- AI Engineering by Chip Huyen — Thoughts
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
2024Jump to section titled 2024
- Working in Public by Nadia Asparouhova
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
- The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Staff Engineer by Will Larson
How I ReadJump to section titled How I Read
I keep a mix of physical books and ebooks. Physical for anything I want to linger with; ebooks for travel and convenience.
I don't have a Goodreads—this page is my reading log. Updated sporadically, which is fine. Books don't go anywhere.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." — George R.R. Martin