§ Notes
A quiet corner for reading, writing, and the occasional side project.
About
This is a small personal site. I mostly keep track of books I'm working through, tools I enjoy, and short technical notes I want to be able to find again. Nothing here is polished — it's more of a lab notebook than a blog.
Currently reading
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The Pragmatic ProgrammerRe-read. Still holds up, especially the chapters on orthogonality.
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Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsTaking it slowly — one chapter a week with notes on the side.
Short notes
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Rediscovering
rsync --link-destIncremental backups without paying for the full copy each time. Obvious in hindsight. -
A small shell prompt rewriteDropped the git-status block and the prompt is a lot less noisy.
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Finally learning
awkNot "all of it". Just the two or three things I keep reaching for.