Learning
What I’m taking in
What’s in progress, what’s waiting, what’s finished — and the Field Notes when something actually sticks.
Signal Backlog
Books, videos, and articles that peaked interest. Promote one when you’re ready to start — don’t try to finish the pile.
Books
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Book · systems thinking
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
Design for complexity, interfaces, “deep” modules. Pair with Clean Code when ready to resume.
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Book · craft / verification habits
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
Naming, small units, discipline. Opposite pole to Ousterhout — reading both for taste.
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Book · scope control
Shape Up
Ryan Singer
Scope control for client builds.
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Book · deep fundamentals
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
Fundamentals — chapter-by-chapter is fine.
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Book · systems / production
Release It!
Michael T. Nygard
Production stability and “walkthrough done” habits.
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Book · ownership
Staff Engineer
Will Larson
Leverage as a founder-builder.
Videos
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Video · AI ownership / industry taste
Yann LeCun on What Comes After LLMsUnsupervised Learning / Jacob Effron
Post-LLM AI direction.
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Video · AI ownership / industry taste
Inside the Mind of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei | The CircuitBloomberg Originals
How a frontier lab CEO thinks.
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Video · industry taste
How Data Centers in Space Could Change AIBloomberg Originals
Infra / hype vs physical reality of AI.
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Video · industry taste
Humanoid Robots and the Gap Between Hype and Reality | Bloomberg PrimerBloomberg Originals
Hype vs reality — useful skepticism.
Articles
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Article · application / ops security
Securing Rails ApplicationsRuby on Rails Guides
Not started yet. Auth, CSRF, XSS, sessions, and headers; apply to Life of AI + clients when promoted.
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Article · application / ops security
OWASP Ruby on Rails Cheat SheetOWASP
Quick checklist beside the Rails security guide.
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Article · application / ops security
Brakeman — static analysis for Railspresidentbeef / brakemanscanner.org
Run on Life of AI + client apps before calling a wrap done.
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Article · Spanish for network / store owners
SpanishDictspanishdict.com
Quick lookups for intros, walkthroughs, pricing, follow-ups.
Courses
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Course · application / ops security
OWASP RailsGoatOWASP
Hands-on Top 10 in a deliberately vulnerable Rails app.
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Course · Spanish for network / store owners
Dreaming Spanishdreamingspanish.com
Comprehensible-input habit — unlock natural conversations with store owners and local network.