Hedgehogging by Barton Biggs Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: September 9th, 2018 Reading Time: Two weeks, light reading I was in a library for the first time in my adult life and saw this on a shelf among many books I’ve
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I’ve been reading with great avidity for several years. I try to read a book each week. After finishing one, I decide on a star rating and publish a review on Goodreads. Sometimes I’ll use that review box as a
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Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: May 26th, 2018 Reading Time: Tens of hours over four years I’ve been through this book, front to back, many times, and, this time, I’ve shelved it with
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Knightmare on Wall Street: The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets by Edgar Perez Rating: ★★ Date Finished: May 13th, 2018 Reading Time: Two days My weekend in judging books by covers: this
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Rating: ★★★★ Date Finished: May 9th, 2018 Reading Time: Two days Ready Player One is the only book I’ve purchased twice. A few years ago, my father mentioned it to me as I was
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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, and Ben Whaley Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: April 25th, 2018 Reading Time: Several months; still use for reference I read this book cover to cover and
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Docker in Practice by Ian Miell and Aidan Hobson Sayers Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: April 6th, 2018 Reading Time: An evening A Docker book published in May 2016 comprised of four sections and one hundred and one “techniques,” or real-world
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The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World’s Biggest Markets by Emily Lambert Rating: ★★★★ Date Finished: March 18th, 2018 Reading Time: A day This is a captivating book providing a cohesive historical account of
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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff and Niall Richard Murphy Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: February 6th, 2018 Reading Time: A month “Perfect algorithms may not have perfect implementations.” And perfect books
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Rating: ★★ Date Finished: January 29th, 2018 Reading Time: Ten days This is the most cliché book I have ever read. The Phoenix Project uses a contrived
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