Reading logUpdated Sep 15, 2026
What I'm reading, what held up, and what's next on the list.
2026
System Design for the LLM Era
Sampriti Mitra
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Principles of Building AI Agents
Sam Bhagwat
Patterns for Building AI Agents
Sam Bhagwat & Michelle Gienow
2025
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Show Your Work
Austin Kleon
The Pragmatic Programmer
David Thomas & Andrew Hunt
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
Staff Engineer
Will Larson
