Books

Books that I have read and recommend. Includes a brief summary and my thoughts on each book.

Database

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann examines the benefits and drawbacks of various technologies for processing and storing data. Although software is constantly evolving, the underlying concepts never change.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to designing and building data-intensive applications. It covers topics such as data modeling, data storage, and data processing. It also provides practical advice on how to design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.

Building tech businesses

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

This book shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”