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Reading Shelf • 6 Books

Books & Reading List

A public shelf of what I'm reading and the technical books I regularly consult and study.

Currently Reading

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

Exploring logotherapy, purpose, and human resilience under extreme adversity.

In Progress Philosophy & Psychology

Reference & Study Shelf

Distributed Systems & Databases

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann

A go-to reference on storage engines, replication logs, consensus algorithms, and distributed consistency.

Reference
Systems & Linux Kernel

The Linux Programming Interface

by Michael Kerrisk

Comprehensive reference on Linux system calls, processes, memory management, signals, and IPC.

Reference
Java & Software Design

Effective Java (3rd Edition)

by Joshua Bloch

Core design patterns, object creation, equals/hashCode contracts, generics, and concurrency best practices.

Reference
Architecture & Scalability

System Design Interview — An Insider's Guide

by Alex Xu

Practical blueprints for rate limiters, distributed caches, message queues, and global storage systems.

Reference
Software Architecture

Clean Architecture

by Robert C. Martin

Dependency inversion, boundary separation, and decoupling business logic from frameworks and databases.

Reference