This year's list
Usually I do not create a list, but as I have gotten older, I think there is something nice about it. It is useful for me to think about what would actually make me happy, and it makes things easier for anyone who wants to get something.
Another year is a milestone. I am happy to make a list for anyone who wants to, or feels compelled to get something.
Certainly nothing is expected but if you must, here is the list.
Books
- Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work, by Alex Petrov
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems, by Martin Kleppmann
- I Am a Strange Loop, by Douglas Hofstadter
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
- A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
- Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn, by Richard W. Hamming
- Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by Stewart Brand
- The Origins of Efficiency, by Brian Potter
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, by Richard Feynman
- Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
- Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People, by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto