Stuff I did in 2016

December 2016 · 3 minute read

Books

The Power of Habit

Quite an eye opener. Looking forward to re-reading this sometime soon.

Dreaming in Code

Highly recommended read for any software developer.

Clojure for the Brave and True

The Joy of Clojure

My love for Clojure has grown substantially, thanks to this read.

The Catcher in the Rye

In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri talks about the difficulties of learning a new language(Italian) completely different from English. She documents all the frustating moments that she went through in the process. I could relate so much to her in terms of learning a new programming paradigm completely different from what I’m comfortable in.

Interpreter of the Maladies

A set of emotional and touching short stories set in India by Jhumpa Lahiri.

An Introduction to Functional Programming using Lambda Calculus

Fantastic book to read if you’re a complete beginner to FP and Lambda Calculus. My favorite technical book of the year.

How to Read a book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

The title, literally. Good thought provoking advice on reading all kinds of books.

The Blue Umbrella

A short and sweet novel by Ruskin Bond.

Hyperbole and a Half

This book is soo good and so damn hilarious. Highly recommend.

Packing for Mars

Mary Roach does a good job at illustrating why being an astronaut is harder than you thought. If you want to learn the difficulties of space travel and the mundane(read unconventional) things that astronauts have to deal with, give this one a read.

A Geek in Japan

Japan and it’s culture has been a fascination for a while now. I’ve learned a lot more interesting(or absurd) stuff thanks to this book.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

My first experience reading Haikus. The book contains lots of simple and beautiful, yet deep haikus that illustrate the experiences and express the emotions of Basho as he travels around Japan on foot.

The Little Prince

A short and sweet read with a very important lesson.

The Little Brother Series (Little Brother, Homeland)

I picked up this two book series by Cory Doctorow after seeing a copy of Homeland in Snowden’s room in the documentary Citizen Four. I got hooked immediately. Recommended if you like a young adult, cyber-security, surveillance and hacking related novel.

1984

The classic. I finally got to read it and I enjoyed it (in a nightmarish way) as much as I thought I would.

Distributed Systems for fun and profit

A short read to brush up your knowledge on the fundamental concepts and problems of Distributed Systems.

Make your own Neural Network

A easy and wonderful read on the fundamental concepts behind Neural Networks.

Natural Language Processing in Python

The Stranger

A thought provoking read. A must-read for everyone.

The Girl in the Ice

An enjoyable murder mystery.

Papers

Programming Languages

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