Florian rated Swift Cookbook: 3 stars
This book is a thrilling ride and one of the most interesting things I've read.
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My mind races with all my longings.
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25% complete! Florian has read 13 of 52 books.
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Florian reviewed Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic--a magisterial comic novel that is …
So much fun
5 stars
Florian reviewed Clean Architecture by Robert Cecil Martin
Not really worth it
2 stars
I've bought this a while ago from my companies professional development budget and it was rather disappointing, there are some useful architecture concepts in this book, but I don't think they are very well explained and instead the book is filled with anecdotes about computer systems that were obsolete before I was even born.
Florian rated Slouching Towards Utopia: 4 stars
Slouching Towards Utopia by Bradford DeLong
An examination of global economic behavior in the long twentieth century from 1870 to 2010.
Florian rated Hypermedia Systems: 3 stars
Hypermedia Systems by Carson Gross, Adam Stepinski, Deniz Akşimşek
Learn how hypermedia, the revolutionary idea that created The Web, can be used today to build modern, sophisticated web applications, …
Florian set a goal to read 52 books in 2025
Florian started reading A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry
Florian reviewed A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier
A hack is any means of subverting a system’s rules in unintended ways. The tax …
Interesting application of the term hacking
4 stars
It is interesting to see how Schneier applies the term »hacking« to all systems, not just computer systems. He also frames hacking as something the wealthy and powerful perpetrate to extract value from the less wealthy and powerful and not the other way around. I personally have not learned much new, but I am well versed in these topics and I think I will recommend or gift this book to people that could benefit from this perspective on the world.
Florian finished reading A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier
A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier
A hack is any means of subverting a system’s rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn’t computer code, but …
Florian finished reading Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Andrew Delbanco, and 1 other
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
Florian started reading Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Andrew Delbanco, and 1 other
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
Florian reviewed The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full …
Great characters, great world building, but too many plotholes
3 stars
Super interesting world building and some fascinating characters, but there are some plot holes where our hero is in a dire situation that leads to certain death or permanent imprisonment and suddenly something happens that quickly resolves the situation. There is a lot of buildup to a situation that than resolves quickly. There are some really great parts to this book and I wanted it to succeed so bad, but while it might be good a setting up the trilogy, it does not work great as a standalone novel.
Florian finished reading The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full of high-tech space battles and …
Florian finished reading The Engineering Leader by Cate Huston
The Engineering Leader by Cate Huston
Great engineers don't necessarily make great leaders—at least, not without a lot of work. Finding your path to becoming a …
