Learning in 2024; recap

• 26 December 2024
• books

The end of the year provides an opportunity to recap what has been learned during this period and plan training for the upcoming year. Here is something I recollect

Some books I read in 2024 #

Note to self: to expand more, adding highlights and excerpts

Regarding computer science:

• Elixir in action, third edition

• The pragmatic programmer

• Shape Up
  Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters, by Ryan Singer
  https://basecamp.com/shapeup

• Clean code

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications (not yet completed)

Regarding socio-economical and organizational topics:

• "La Croce contro il Leviatano", by Guglielmo Piombini. A few other audiobooks too

I have also used my lifetime subscription at 12min.com (book summaries) and spent countless hours on hackernews.

Side projects: #

Involved in two big side projects

Some new domains I delved into: #

Game development (littlejs, godot); oleodynamics; fungiculture (specifically, shiitake). Intro: guitar, drum, rugby, ski.

Some professional certifications: #

EclipseStore advanced 1, EclipseStore advanced 2

Some conferences: #

DBos; Redpanda connect; Nextjs; a local startups meeting (in person)

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