Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann
★★★★★2017
The best book I know on the trade-offs in modern data systems. I re-read it every couple of years and something new lands each time.
Bookshelf
Reading
Books I’ve read recently, with short notes on what stuck. No through-line — data systems, LitRPG, and whatever else caught me.
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Series) — Matt Dinniman
★★★★★2020
LitRPG isn’t a genre I expected to enjoy. This one snuck up on me — sharp humor, real stakes, and a narrator (Donut) who steals every scene. Comfort reading I’m not embarrassed about.
Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson
★★★★★1992
I read a Stephenson every year or so. You always come away knowing far more than you bargained for about some random subject — this time, Sumerian mythology. The story’s worth it.