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BOOKS &
PAPERS
Things that shaped how I think about engineering, AI, and building. Not exhaustive | just honest.
The Pragmatic Programmer
EngineeringDavid Thomas & Andrew Hunt · 2019
The single most important book for any software engineer. Every chapter changed how I write code.
Deep Learning
AI / MLGoodfellow, Bengio & Courville · 2016
The definitive textbook. Dense but irreplaceable for understanding the math behind modern AI.
Clean Code
EngineeringRobert C. Martin · 2008
Opinionated but foundational. Taught me that code is written for humans, not computers.
Attention Is All You Need
Research PaperVaswani et al. · 2017
Not a book but a paper | the one that changed everything. Still re-reading it.
The Design of Everyday Things
DesignDon Norman · 1988
Made me think about interfaces from a user's mental model. Changed how I build UIs.
Hands-On Machine Learning
AI / MLAurélien Géron · 2019
The most practical ML book I've read. Theory + code in perfect balance.
Zero to One
ThinkingPeter Thiel · 2014
Controversial but thought-provoking. Challenged my assumptions about building new things.
The Innovators
HistoryWalter Isaacson · 2014
The history of computing told through the humans who built it. Humbling and inspiring.